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Fortune
Beatrice Nolan

Google’s AI Overviews are cutting off the oxygen to the web

Someone holding a screen showing Google's AI Mode for Search. (Credit: (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images))
  • Google’s AI Overviews are fundamentally changing how users interact with search results, according to new data from Pew Research Center. Just 8% of users who encountered an AI summary clicked on a traditional link — half the rate of those who did not. The shift could pose a major threat to publishers and content creators reliant on organic search traffic.

It’s official: Google’s AI Overviews are eating search.

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