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Google is paying almost no publishers almost nothing for content used in AI answers

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Google is paying almost no publishers almost nothing for content used in AI answers

The Decoder · Sep 30, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC

Google pays about 100 digital publishers for content used in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini, according to The Information. Payments range from under $1,000 over several months to more than $1 million a year. Some participants don't know how Google calculates payments, while some larger publishers are holding out for higher rates.…