"Even as Big Tech and American tech elites criticize how the European Union is implementing rules to regulate tech and AI on the continent, the bloc isn't letting competition concerns slide. The European Commission has launched an investigation into whether Google may have breached EU's competition laws by using content from websites without compensating owners to generate answers for its AI summaries that appear above search results. The EC also will look at how AI summaries use videos from YouTube to generate answers."
"Google's AI Overview and AI Mode are the two chief products being investigated here, and the EC highlights that the tech giant doesn't leave websites or content producers with much choice since it directs a majority of web traffic, doesn't pay them for using their content, and doesn't allow YouTube uploads if you don't let Google use that data. The EU is also concerned over the fact that Google doesn't allow rival AI companies to use YouTube content to train their own AI models."
The European Commission has opened an investigation into whether Google breached EU competition laws by using website content without compensating owners to generate AI summaries shown above search results. The probe will examine how AI Overviews and AI Mode source content, including YouTube videos, and whether Google grants itself privileged access while imposing unfair terms on publishers and creators. The Commission will assess whether publishers can refuse use without losing Search access. Regulators are also concerned that Google restricts rivals from using YouTube content to train models. The inquiry arrives amid multiple copyright lawsuits targeting AI developers.
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