A federation representing nearly 300 French daily newspapers said Tuesday it had filed a complaint with the country's competition authority over Google's new AI-generated search summaries, fearing the feature will erode traffic to publishers' websites.
It is the latest salvo by media companies against the U.S. tech giant's use of their articles and other content as they grapple with ad revenue declines.
Google launched its AI Overviews in France in late July, which appear above regular links to search results and compile information from a wide array of sources.
But the APIG association of newspapers wants the country's competition regulator to ensure "Google's respect of commitments made in 2022" as part of a compensation deal with French media groups.
Information "has considerable value," APIG President Marc Feuillee, also managing director of the center-right Le Figaro newspaper, said in a statement.
