Google Applies Spam Policies to AI Overviews as Manipulation Exploits Grow

Google has clarified that its spam policies now apply to AI Overviews and other generative search features, as spammers increasingly exploit these interfaces to surface low-quality content. The update extends existing prohibitions on scaled content abuse, cloaking, and link spam to AI-powered summaries. AI Overviews can regurgitate content verbatim or hallucinate information when manipulated, creating quality control challenges as Google scales these features across search.