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    • Dear Google: Stop Training Your AI with My Content

    Dear Google,

    Stop stealing my work to build your AI robots.

    Every word I write, every article I publish, every idea I share online is mine. I never gave you permission to scrape it, copy it, and feed it into Gemini so it can spit my words back at people — while cutting me out of the loop.

    If I copied your search index, your code, or your internal data, you’d sue me into oblivion.

    But when you take my content?

    You call it “innovation.” That’s not innovation.

    That’s exploitation.

    And it’s not just about me. It’s about every small business owner, journalist, artist, teacher, or creator who puts time, energy, and money into publishing something worth reading.

    Every time your AI answers a question without sending someone to my site, that’s a paycheck stolen from my pocket.

    I continue to see ideas, concepts, and copy showing up in AI overviews that were originated by creators who rely on their creativity to feed their families.

    You’re not just hurting creators. You’re hollowing out the web itself.

    The era of AI slop is here.

    If you keep strip-mining the internet without giving back, there won’t be anything left to train on. Your AI will be trained on recycled garbage because you’ve killed the incentive to create anything new.

    Here’s what I’m asking — no, demanding:

    • Stop using content without consent.

    • Give creators a real opt-in or opt-out.

    • Compensate the people whose work makes your AI possible.

    You pay billions for sports rights, music licenses, and ad distribution. You can pay creators too.

    And to every other publisher, creator, and business out there: this isn’t just my fight. It’s yours. If you publish online, your work is being taken too.

    Dear Google: Train your AI on your own content. Leave mine alone.

    Sincerely,

    Nate

    Nate Nead
    Nate Nead
    Nate Nead is the Owner of SEO.co, an SEO agency that has served some of the most well-recognized online brands since 2010. Nate has personally helped the likes of Qualtrics, Box.com and GoDaddy improve their online rankings with his expert team of SEO gurus. Formerly licensed as an investment banker, Nate holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Washington and an undergrad in Business from Brigham Young University.
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