( March 5, 2026, 23:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Google filed a reply supporting dismissal of Penske Media Corporation's US antitrust claims, which accuse the tech giant of unlawfully leveraging its AI-powered search result summaries to use publishers' journalism without consent, reducing traffic to the their websites. Penske has made the flawed claim that Google's incorporation of artificial intelligence overviews into its search engine results breached "some unspoken, unwritten 'bargain' that apparently forbids Google from innovating and enhancing the quality of Google Search unless doing so does not lower [Penske's] traffic," Google said. Ultimately, Penske's disappointment that its traffic on Google Search reduced as Google innovated in an evolving competitive landscape "cannot be converted into a cognizable antitrust theory," the filing in the US District Court for the District of Columbia said.See attached document:...
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