UK publishers are lobbying to keep ChatGPT OFF Google's new search choice screen - and the reason isn't what you'd think
Summary
UK publishers are lobbying to exclude ChatGPT and Perplexity from a mandatory search choice screen, arguing that these AI chatbots don't generate referral traffic like traditional search engines, which could define their regulatory classification.
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