Overview

• Google has rolled out AI-generated summaries in its Discover feed on mobile devices for U.S. users.
• Each summary cites multiple news outlets with source logos, warns of possible AI mistakes and provides only one clickable link to an article.
• The rollout remains limited, as AI summaries appear inconsistently across stories and Google has not detailed when it will expand the feature.
• Data from Similarweb show that global organic visits have dropped from 2.3 billion to under 1.7 billion year-over-year and no-click news queries have risen from 56% to nearly 69%.
• To help publishers recoup ad revenue, Google’s Offerwall in Ad Manager enables micropayments and newsletter sign-ups, but uptake has yet to reverse traffic losses.