On-line schooling firm Chegg filed a lawsuit on February twenty fourth towards Google claiming that the corporate’s AI-generated summaries of search outcomes have harm its visitors and income, Reuters stories. It’s believed to be the primary antitrust lawsuit filed by a single firm over the AI Overviews function, Reuters says.
Chegg claims Google makes use of its energy as a monopoly to coerce firms into utilizing their content material for AI Overviews, “reaping the monetary advantages of Chegg’s content material with out having to spend a dime,” CEO Nathan Schultz says in ready remarks for buyers. Chegg, which gives textbook leases and homework assist, is now contemplating getting acquired and going non-public consequently.
“Our lawsuit is about greater than Chegg – it’s concerning the digital publishing business, the way forward for web search, and about college students shedding entry to high quality, step-by-step studying in favor of low-quality, unverified AI summaries,” Schultz says.
“Each day, Google sends billions of clicks to websites throughout the net, and AI Overviews ship visitors to a better variety of web sites,” says Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda in a press release to Reuters.
