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Kent Walker

Google President of Global Affairs

Balanced regimes also recognize the unique scale and nature of content on the internet, and give publishers and creators the ability to opt out from having their content used to train or ground a model’s output.

AI Verified (Aug 26, 2026)

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Kent Walker, “Google at the Global Forum on Intellectual Property,” Google, August 26, 2026. In a keynote transcript, Walker says balanced regimes should give publishers and creators the ability to opt out of their content being used to train or ground AI-model output.

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Grant individuals the right to opt out of being included in AI training data

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