The Alliance de la Presse d’Information Générale (APIG) filed a formal complaint against Alphabet’s Google with France's competition authority. APIG represents nearly 300 French newspapers in this escalating dispute over artificial intelligence.
The complaint targets Google's AI Overviews feature for providing AI-generated summaries without publisher consent. Media groups argue the tool diverts significant traffic from their websites and threatens core revenue.
Publishers contend that Google is breaching 2022 commitments regarding fair compensation for content usage. The alliance is urging regulators to mandate remuneration for the value news content provides in training AI services.
This action follows a long-running copyright battle between the parties. Google previously incurred hundreds of millions of euros in fines for failing to negotiate with publishers in good faith.