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The European Commission probes whether Google unfairly used web and YouTube content for AI training without paying creators or allowing opt-outs, risking fines up to 10% of global revenue.
- Announced on Tuesday, the European Commission opened a formal antitrust probe into Google targeting its use of web publishers' and YouTube video creators' content to train AI without compensation or opt-out, notifying national competition authorities and prioritizing the investigation.
- EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera warned `Google may be abusing its dominant position as a search engine to impose unfair trading conditions on publishers by using their online content to provide its own AI-powered services such as 'AI Overviews', which are AI-generated summaries` as the probe focuses on AI Overviews, AI Mode, and YouTube policies affecting rivals.
- AI Overviews, shown in more than 100 countries, have cut referral traffic to publishers, with Penske Media Corporation suing Google and the Daily Mail reporting clicks fell by around 50%.
- If found in breach, Google faces fines up to 10% of global revenue, potentially $35 billion, and the European Commission may seek structural remedies as Teresa Ribera has kept this option open.
- Amid wider EU tech enforcement, the probe aims to protect creators and competition, complementing a €2.95 billion fine and work under the EU's Digital Markets Act, Teresa Ribera said.
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Google faces a fresh antitrust investigation in Brussels over whether it ripped off copyrighted material to train its artificial intelligence models without properly compensating publishers, the European Commission announced Tuesday.
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