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It’s now possible to get tailored answers within chatbots.

While this is an impressive feat, it has raised much concern among publishers and the media.

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This is because chatbots scour the internet for information and package it as per the user’s prompt.

The main issue ishow these companies will compensate websites and publishers for the information chatbots pick from them.

There’s also the issue of attribution.

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Google seems to be listening to the publishers' plight and is now rolling out a new control dubbedGoogle-Extended.

It will let publishers restrict Bard from accessing and using their content to generate responses.

This has raised much concern among publishers and the media, and for good reason.

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This has greatly impacted how end-users interact with search while using the web, negatively impacting website traffic.

It’ll also be interesting to see how this change will impact the chatbot’s accuracy.

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