Google is under investigation by the European Union over concerns that it breached competition rules by imposing restrictions on web publishers and YouTube creators to gain an unfair advantage over other AI companies. Concerns outlined by the European Commission include using content from web publishers for features like AI Overviews and AI Mode in Search, and feeding YouTube content into Google’s generative AI models – all while failing to provide “appropriate compensation” or the ability to refuse such use of their content. These concerns are tied to the existential threat of “Google Zero” – the moment in which Google Search no longer re … Read the full story at The Verge.