When the answer replaces the source
How is original information paid for when people no longer need to visit the source?
Google says more than 400 publications now take part in its paid News AI pilot, adding CNN, Axios, the Financial Times and Forbes. Payment is for licensing, not per use in AI answers; terms undisclosed.
ReportingGoogle says inline source links will appear higher and more often in AI Mode and AI Overviews, and is testing links at the top of some answers.
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