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French media asks French anti-trust watchdog to act on Google’s AI

By Thomson Reuters Aug 11, 2026 | 6:15 AM

PARIS, Aug 11 (Reuters) – French media have asked the ​country’s anti-trust watchdog ‌to act on Google’s artificial intelligence-generated article summaries which they ‌say ​deprive ⁠them of traffic, ⁠a press trade association body said on Tuesday.

The media have ​called on the regulator to ⁠make ⁠a decision similar ​to the one in ​July that ordered Meta ‌to put forward a payment plan and resume ⁠talks with traditional media that are seeking fees ⁠for ‌the use of ⁠their content ​by ‌platforms’ AI tools.

There ​was no ⁠immediate comment from Google regarding the situation.

(Reporting by Inti Landauro;Editing by Sudip ​Kar-Gupta)