What happens to the internet if no one clicks search links?

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A big part of the economy of the internet is built on clicks. Google’s new AI Overviews feature may be changing that. Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images

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Google’s AI Overviews feature can deliver an answer to your question before you click a single link. But it spells bad news for the publishers that write the articles that power these AI summaries: their business models depend on site visits to sell ads. And some smaller publishers have already gone out of business as the use of AI

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