EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results
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- EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results.
- Examination of whether Google used website data without appropriate compensation to publishers.
- Investigation includes YouTube videos' use in improving Google's AI systems and opt-out options for creators.
- Google claims the probe risks stifling innovation in a competitive market.
- AI Mode, Google's conversational answer feature, also under scrutiny.
- Concerns that AI Overview summaries reduce website traffic and ad revenue.
- Daily Mail reports a 50% drop in clicks since AI Overview's introduction.
- Creators and publishers may not be compensated for content used in AI training.
- Critics argue Google's terms force creators to allow AI training on their work.
- Campaign groups welcome the investigation but call for immediate action to protect publishers.
- EU's digital rules enforcement faces backlash from US lawmakers and tech companies.