Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK

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UK regulators are forcing Google to give publishers a 'kill switch' to opt out of AI Overviews and training without being buried in standard search results. This breaks the previous 'all or nothing' hostage situation where sites had to allow AI scraping to stay discoverable. It sets a massive legal precedent for how the open web protects its data from being swallowed by LLMs.