Google News AI pilot publishers (Der Spiegel, El País, Folha, Infobae, Kompas, The Guardian, The Times of India, Washington Examiner, The Washington Post, others) to Google: Commercial partnership pilot: AI-powered article overviews on participating publishers' Google News pages, with direct payments to participants.
Direct payments; amounts not disclosed
Dated 10 Dec 2025Source checked 10 Dec 2025Quote found on its page again 17 Oct 2026Basis: stated
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“While AI-generated summaries may lead to fewer clicks on news articles, publications participating in the commercial pilot program will receive direct payments from Google, which could make up for the potential decrease in traffic to their sites.”
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