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Turkey Opens Probe Into Google AI Overviews, Orders Interim Fixes for Publishers

November 2, 2026 by Michael Haverford

Google AI Overviews investigation: Turkish Competition Authority headquarters building in Ankara

Google AI Overviews investigation: Turkey’s Competition Authority opened a formal probe Nov. 2 and ordered interim fixes for news publishers. Fines and data.

Google, OpenAI, Microsoft and Anthropic Back One AI Training Opt-Out

November 2, 2026October 31, 2026 by Michael Haverford

Rows of web servers lit in blue in a data center, the kind of machines whose robots.txt files will carry the new AI training opt-out

A shared AI training opt-out in robots.txt will be honored by Google, OpenAI, Microsoft and Anthropic. What the IETF draft says and each company’s start date.