AI-generated answers slash traffic, threaten funding for Dutch news outlets

Dutch and European media organizations warn that Google’s AI-powered search summaries are threatening their survival by slashing website traffic and ad revenue, BNR reports.Since spring, Google has rolled out AI-generated answer blocks—called “AI overviews”—in search results across the Netherlands and several European countries. These summaries often appear at the top of the page, pushing down traditional links and reducing clicks to news sites.