<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Groups representing publishers have filed antitrust complaints with the European Commission and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority against Google's AI Overviews, alleging abuse of its dominant position in online search.</li><li>Publishers argue that Google's AI-generated summaries, displayed above search results, reduce user clicks on original content, thereby affecting traffic and revenue for publishers.</li><li>The complaints allege that Google is misusing web content for its AI products, causing harm to publishers, including news publishers, by disadvantaging the original publisher material.</li><li>The complaint requests interim measures to prevent irreparable harm to competition and access to news, with Google denying claims of lost traffic and facing previous legal issues related to its dominant search position.</li></ul>

Google AI Overviews Face EU Antitrust Complaint

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