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Google admits AI search earns less, plans more ads
Original: Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads
Google has acknowledged that its AI-powered search results generate less advertising revenue than traditional search listings. The company's response, according to a report by Ars Technica, is to weave more ads into the AI search experience to close the monetisation gap. The disclosure offers a rare look at the financial trade-offs behind Google's push to overhaul search with generative AI, and raises questions about how heavily advertised AI answers will become.
Why now: People are discussing the tension between Google's AI overhaul of search and its reliance on ad revenue, which affects what search will look like for everyone.
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