Overview
- Regulators will examine whether AI Overviews and AI Mode relied on web articles for summaries without appropriate compensation or a way for publishers to refuse.
- The inquiry also covers training on YouTube uploads without compensation and whether platform policies block rival model makers from using the same material.
- Officials are probing if the company imposed unfair terms that leverage its search dominance and distort competition in emerging AI markets.
- The investigation, launched without a set deadline, follows a July complaint from independent publishers and comes alongside other recent EU actions on big tech.
- Google rejected the allegations as a risk to innovation and said it will continue working with news and creative industries during the shift to AI.