"The lawsuit by Penske Media in federal court in Washington, DC, marks the first time a major US publisher has taken Alphabet-owned Google to court over the AI-generated summaries that now appear on top of its search results. News organizations have for months said the new features, including Google's AI Overviews, siphon traffic away from their sites, eroding advertising and subscription revenue."
"Penske, a family-owned media conglomerate led by Jay Penske and whose content attracts 120 million online visitors a month, said Google only includes publishers' websites in its search results if it can also use their articles in AI summaries. Without the leverage, Google would have to pay publishers for the right to republish their work or use it to train its AI systems, the company said in the lawsuit."
Penske Media, owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, DC, alleging Google uses its journalism in AI-generated summaries without consent and that those summaries reduce traffic to its websites. The complaint says Google conditions inclusion in search results on the right to use publisher articles in AI summaries, leveraging a near 90% share of the US search market. Penske asserts about 20% of Google searches linking to its sites now show AI Overviews and that affiliate revenue fell over one-third by end of 2024. The suit follows similar claims by Chegg. Google responded that AI Overviews improve user experience and broaden traffic to more sites.
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