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Google under scrutiny by French antitrust watchdog over AI Overviews (update*)

By Matthew Newman ( December 17, 2025, 10:23 GMT | Insight) -- Google’s integration of AI with its search services, known as “AI Overviews,” has attracted the attention of France’s competition authority. Its chair, Benoît Cœuré, told journalists that the watchdog is looking at whether Google is abiding by its commitments to negotiate with publishers in good faith and provide transparency on how news content is used. The European Commission opened a probe last week.Google’s integration of AI with its search services, known as “AI Overviews,” has attracted the attention of France’s competition authority....

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