Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuits over Google’s AI Overviews
A federal judge has dismissed Chegg and Penske Media Corporation’s antitrust lawsuits against Google, which accused the tech giant of driving traffic away from their websites with AI search features.
A US federal judge dismissed antitrust lawsuits against Google over its AI-powered search features, ruling that the plaintiffs' claims don't meet antitrust law requirements.
A judge dismissed two antitrust lawsuits against Google over its AI-powered search features.
The lawsuits claimed Google's practices diverted traffic from publishers' sites, hurting their revenue.
The judge said the plaintiffs' claims were based on an 'expectation' rather than an agreement.
Google is paying around 100 publishers for their contributions to AI Overviews as part of a pilot program.
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A federal judge has dismissed a pair of antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Rolling Stone parent company Penske Media Corporation, which accused Google of driving away web traffic with its AI-powered search features, as reported earlier by Reuters. US District Judge Amit Mehta takes Google's side in a ruling on Wednesday, writing that PMC and Chegg's claims don't stand up to antitrust law.
In lawsuits filed last year, Chegg and PMC accused Google of abusing its monopoly power by coercing publishers into supplying content for AI Overviews for free, or risk disappearing from search results. The publishers alleged Google's practices diverted …
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