Google’s AI Overviews accused of ‘obscuring’ journalism, harvesting data
By Lewis Crofts ( July 1, 2025, 14:37 GMT | Insight) -- Publishers accused Google of sidelining quality journalism and undermining copyright protections in the rollout of its new AI Overviews, which present rich answers at the top of a search page. Google told a hearing hosted by the European Commission that it had a long history of enriching its services through AI features and the latest innovation was bringing significant benefits to users. It stressed it obtains consent for data usage and the market for AI tools was highly competitive.Publishers accused Google of sidelining quality journalism and undermining copyright protections in the rollout of its new AI Overviews, which present rich answers at the top of a search page....
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