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Neil Vogel, CEO of People, Inc., has accused Google of acting unethically by using its web crawler to extract content from websites for its AI products. Speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, Vogel highlighted that Google’s practice reduces traffic to publishers’ websites while supporting its AI technologies. Vogel’s company has implemented measures to block AI crawlers that do not pay for content, encouraging potential deals with AI companies. However, he noted that Google remains a challenge as blocking its crawler would affect website indexing in Google Search. Vogel’s critique is part of a broader concern among publishers about AI’s impact on content rights and distribution.