Google AI Overviews Raise Concerns Over Media Pluralism
AlgorithmWatch investigates the potential risks of Google's new AI Overviews feature, which could undermine media freedom by reducing web traffic to news organizations.
Why it matters
The AI Overviews feature could threaten the financial viability of news organizations, potentially undermining media pluralism and freedom of information.
Key Points
- 1Google's AI Overviews feature provides summaries instead of links to websites
- 2This could reduce web traffic and revenue for news organizations
- 3AlgorithmWatch is making data access requests to investigate the systemic risks
- 4Concerns over the impact on media pluralism and freedom
Details
Google's new AI Overviews feature provides summaries of information directly on the search results page, rather than linking to the original websites. This could potentially reduce the web traffic and revenue for news organizations that rely on that traffic as their lifeblood. AlgorithmWatch, a non-profit organization, is one of the first to investigate the systemic risks that this feature poses to media freedom and pluralism. They are making data access requests under new EU rules to better understand how the AI Overviews are impacting the distribution of information online.
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