The EU’s European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into Google ‘s use of online content to train its AI models and produce overviews.

The prove will determine whether Google has breached EU competition rules by using content from web publishers, including YouTube videos, for AI purposes; and will also examine whether Google is violating competition rules “by imposing unfair terms and conditions on publishers and content creators”, or “by granting itself privileged access to such content,” the European Commission said in its release.

In 2024., Europe passed a landmark AI Act which became the world’s first law aimed at regulating artificial intelligence technology. It has fueled existing tensions between tech giants and EU regulators who have been clashing over a n

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