French press complains against Google for AI summaries
The French Competition Authority had already sanctioned, in 2020, the US company for unfair practices and imposed the obligation to negotiate with the..
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The French Competition Authority had already sanctioned the US company in 2020 for unfair practices and imposed an obligation to negotiate with newspapers. The new tools, launched in France on 22 July, after being introduced in other countries, allow users to interact with an AI in content search, showing the links of newspapers at the bottom, which can lead to a significant loss of digital traffic. The federation accuses Google of not wanting to share the profits generated by these two tools, contrary to the French law of 2019, which transposes a European directive and "subordinates the use of press content to prior authorization and remuneration".
Furthermore, According to several French entities, cited in the statement, in countries where these tools have already been introduced, the drop in traffic was estimated to be between 33% and 38%. The president of the General Information Press Alliance (APIG), Marc Feuillée, stressed that the editors do not ask for innovation to be stopped, but that its value be shared and the use of its contents is remunerated, as required by the law. The APIG states that it is "open to negotiation" that allows the use of press content, "indispensable for the services of a generative AI", but "in a framework based on a negotiated authorization and a remuneration equal to its value".
In addition, The introduction of these tools occurs, moreover, before the start of the negotiations that Google was obliged to negotiate, indicate the editors, which leads them to resort to regulatory institutions.
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The French Competition Authority had already sanctioned the US company in 2020 for unfair practices and imposed an obligation to negotiate with newspapers.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThe new tools, launched in France on 22 July, after being introduced in other countries, allow users to interact with an AI in content search, showing the links of newspapers at the bottom, which can lead to a significant loss of digital traffic.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThe federation accuses Google of not wanting to share the profits generated by these two tools, contrary to the French law of 2019, which transposes a European directive and "subordinates the use of press content to prior authorization and remuneration".
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesAccording to several French entities, cited in the statement, in countries where these tools have already been introduced, the drop in traffic was estimated to be between 33% and 38%.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThe president of the General Information Press Alliance (APIG), Marc Feuillée, stressed that the editors do not ask for innovation to be stopped, but that its value be shared and the use of its contents is remunerated, as required by the law.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThe APIG states that it is "open to negotiation" that allows the use of press content, "indispensable for the services of a generative AI", but "in a framework based on a negotiated authorization and a remuneration equal to its value".
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThe introduction of these tools occurs, moreover, before the start of the negotiations that Google was obliged to negotiate, indicate the editors, which leads them to resort to regulatory institutions.
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