"Google faces fresh antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators, who opened an investigation Tuesday into the company's use of online content for its artificial intelligence models and services. The latest regulatory flexing by Brussels risks antagonizing President Donald Trump 's administration, though EU officials denied they were singling out American Big Tech companies. The European Commission, which is the 27-nation bloc's top antitrust enforcer, said it's examining whether Google has breached competition rules through its use of content from web publishers and material uploaded to YouTube for AI purposes."
"Regulators are concerned that Google has given itself an unfair advantage by using content for two search services, AI Overviews and AI Mode, without paying publishers and content creators or letting them opt out. AI Overviews are automatically generated summaries that appear at the top of its traditional search results, while AI Mode provides chatbot-style answers to search queries."
""This complaint risks stifling innovation in a market that is more competitive than ever," Google said in a statement. "Europeans deserve to benefit from the latest technologies and we will continue to work closely with the news and creative industries as they transition to the AI era.""
The European Commission opened an investigation into whether Google breached competition rules by using content from web publishers and material uploaded to YouTube to develop and power AI models and services. Regulators are concerned that Google used content for two search features, AI Overviews and AI Mode, without paying publishers or permitting opt-outs. AI Overviews produce automatically generated summaries at the top of search results and AI Mode supplies chatbot-style answers. Officials are also probing whether Google trained generative AI models on YouTube videos while excluding rival developers and imposing unfair terms or privileged access.
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