Google’s Free Ride on Web Data Threatens Fair Play in the AI Race: Parmy Olson

Google’s free ride on web data threatens fair play in the AI race: Parmy Olson

EU probes Google’s AI data advantage as publishers challenge its dominant web crawling practices reshaping competition and innovation.

European Union launches investigation into Google over AI training with online content

The European Union has formally launched an antitrust investigation into Google’s use of content from websites and YouTube videos to train its artificial intelligence (AI), amid concerns that this could violate competition rules. The investigation focuses specifically on features such as AI Overviews and AI Mode in the search engine. These features display generated summaries [… The post European Union launches investigation into Google over AI …

EU Opens Antitrust Investigation on Google's AI Content Use - What Affiliate Marketers need to know

The European Commission has launched a formal antitrust investigation into Google’s use of web publisher content and YouTube videos for artificial intelligence purposes, marking a significant regulatory intervention that could reshape how affiliate marketers and publishers navigate AI-powered search ecosystems. The probe, announced December 9, 2024, examines whether Google has breached EU competition rules by using content without appropriate co…

EU Antitrust Probe into Google’s AI Use Risks Locking in the Status Quo

WASHINGTON—In response to the European Commission opening a formal antitrust investigation into Google’s use of web and YouTube content for AI services, the Center for Data Innovation issued the following statement from Director Daniel Castro: The Commission’s theory of harm would freeze search inn