Google launched its AI Overviews in France in late July
A federation of nearly 300 French newspapers said Tuesday that it filed a complaint with the country’s competition authority over Google’s new AI-generated summaries of search results, fearing the feature will erode traffic to their own websites.
It is the latest salvo by media companies against the US 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.
