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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Angela Giuffrida Rome correspondent

Italian news publishers demand investigation into Google’s AI Overviews

A general view of the Google homepage on a phone
The AI-generated summaries created in Google searches have ‘detrimental effects on Italian users, consumers and businesses’, according to FIEG. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

Italian news publishers are calling for an investigation into Google’s AI Overviews, arguing that the search engine’s AI-generated summaries feature is a “traffic killer” that threatens their survival.

FIEG, the Italian federation of newspaper publishers, said it has submitted a formal complaint to Agcom, Italy’s communications watchdog.

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