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Google 'AI Contribution Pilot' Tests Paying Websites when They're Used in AI Results

Google is testing a program that pays at least dozens of publishers when their content helps generate AI Overviews and other search results.

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Through a new “AI contribution pilot,” Google is testing directly paying websites and publishers when their content is used to flesh out AI Overviews and other AI results. more…

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Google is testing a program that pays publishers when their content contributes to answers in its AI-based services Gemini, AI Overviews and AI Mode. The program is implemented through the Search Console tool, and Google has confirmed that it is an early-stage pilot project. So far, at least several dozens of publishers have allegedly been contacted, reports the Society for the Protection of Journalists... Read more →

Google has started an AI contribution pilot program where websites and publishers can receive direct compensation if their content is used significantly in Google's AI-powered answers, ... Read more

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Google is starting to test a new method of paying publishers for the general AI. The project, called AI Contribution, is nevertheless based on opaque criteria.

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MediaNama broke the news on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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