Website links displayed within Google’s AI Overviews saw minimal click-through rates (1 per cent) as well, as per the study.

Google’s AI summaries are causing a sharp drop in website clicks, prompting publishers to rethink business models amid fears of a “Google Zero” future.

News companies have been warned of a “devastating impact” on online audiences as search results are replaced by AI summaries, after a new study claimed it caused up to 80% fewer clickthroughs. The threat posed by Google’s AI Overviews,

Visits to major US news websites have plummeted since Google rolled out its artificial intelligence search feature last year – with some plunging 40%, according to troubling new data.

It’s not easy being green, particularly if you’re a company turning to artificial intelligence to boost productivity while appearing climate conscious to demanding investors like Australia’s industry superannuation funds.

Google's AI-generated summaries have claimed another piece of search territory: the Discover feed.

Chain-of-thought monitorability could improve generative AI safety by assessing how models come to their conclusions and spotting the "intent to misbehave.”