Posted 3/20/2024, 5:03:00 PM
Google Fined $271.7 Million in France Over Use of Publishers' Content for AI Without Permission
- Google fined $271.7M by French regulator over use of content for AI tool Gemini without permission
- Watchdog said Gemini was trained on publishers' content without notifying them
- Fine related to ongoing EU copyright dispute with French news publishers
- Google accused of violating 4 out of 7 commitments in previous settlement
- Regulator says Google's use of content to train AI limited publishers' ability to negotiate fair prices