UK CMA mandates Google provide publishers control over AI search use (politico.eu)

• CMA imposes conduct requirement on Google search under UK digital market regime.
• Google must give publishers control over AI Overviews and AI model fine-tuning.
• Google has nine months to comply; CMA will monitor.

"The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed a conduct requirement on Google's search services, forcing the tech giant to give publishers control over how their content is used in AI Overviews and for fine-tuning AI models. Google has nine months to comply."