United Kingdom, June 3 -- Online publishers will be allowed to choose not to appear in Google's AI Overviews search results in the UK.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced the move, which would "put publishers, like news organisations, in a stronger position to negotiate content deals" with the tech giant.

As reported by BBC News, the CMA's Chief Executive Sarah Cardell said: "It is crucial that content publishers, including news organisations, have appropriate bargaining power over how their content is used."

Many websites have reported a large drop in traffic following Google's decision to put AI summaries at the top of its search results.

In addition to being able to omit themselves from the AI Overviews, the C...