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Google’s Evolving Stance on AI-Generated Content: What You Need to Know
In the summer of 2022, Google issued clear guidance stating that using AI to generate content was against their guidelines. This initial stance reflected widespread concerns about the potential for AI-generated content to flood the web with low-quality, spammy material that could undermine the quality and trustworthiness of search results.
However, as the technology advanced and the release of Google's own AI chatbot, Bard, became imminent, the company's perspective shifted. By the fall of 2022 and into 2023, Google began softening its position, suggesting that not all AI-generated content is inherently spam or against their rules.