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Google’s AI search summaries officially have ads
Google found another way to show you ads.
Google is rolling out ads in AI Overviews, which means you’ll now start seeing products in some of the search engine’s AI-generated summaries. The products will appear beneath a “sponsored” header, and Google spokesperson Craig Ewer told The Verge they’ll only show up if a question has a “commercial angle.” Following a test in August, Google will now display cited webpages more prominently on the right side of the summary, as it found this “has driven an increase in traffic to supporting websites compared to the previous design.”
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