Arlington, VA – Yesterday, Google announced a new feature called A.I. mode, which will allow users to interact with its search engine as if it were an A.I. chatbot. This new feature would offer users information and answers to their queries without the array of links offered in traditional Google search, further depriving publishers of original content both traffic and revenue.
In response, Danielle Coffey, President and CEO of the News/Media Alliance, issued the following statement:
“Links were the last redeeming quality of search that gave publishers traffic and revenue. Now Google just takes content by force and uses it with no return, the definition of theft. The DOJ remedies must address this to prevent continued domination of the internet by one company.”
