Web Content Powers Google AI After Opt-Out

GOOGLE CAN TRAIN its search-specific AI products, like AI Overviews, on content across the web even when the publishers have chosen to opt out of training Google's AI products, a vice-president of product at the company testified in court on Friday.

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That's because Google's controls for publishers to opt out of AI training covers work by Google DeepMind, the company's AI lab, said Eli Collins, a DeepMind vice president. Other organizations at the company can further train the models for their products.