Billboard owner Penske Media has fired off an amended antitrust lawsuit against Google over its AI search results and training. The company is accusing Google of leveraging its search “monopoly” by effectively compelling publishers to consent to providing content for AI summaries and training. With the ill-advised alternative being to exit Google’s search results outright, publishers are allegedly “caught between either permitting Google’s [AI features] underpayment or suffering existential search traffic declines.”
Source: Penske Media Slaps Google With Amended Antitrust Lawsuit