{
  "id": 10968967,
  "title": "Google reportedly tests paying publishers for AI search results",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/google-reportedly-tests-paying-publishers-for-ai-search-results",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T14:51:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002665/google-paying-publishers-ai-search-features"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Google has launched a pilot program that pays publishers for their contributions to its AI-powered search features, according to a report from The Information. The pilot program reportedly includes around 100 publishers and comes as Google faces scrutiny over the impact of its AI features on web traffic. Digiday first reported on the pilot program, […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: Google is paying ~100 digital publishers for how much their content contributes to AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini in a pilot; payments vary widely (The Information)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/sources-google-is-paying-100-digital-publishers-for-how-much-their",
        "published": "2026-09-30T12:50:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}