The lawsuit by Penske Media in federal court in Washington, DC marks the first time a major US publisher has taken Alphabet-owned Google to court over the AI-generated summaries that now appear on top of its search results.
News organisations have for months said the new features, including Googles AI Overviews , siphon traffic away from their sites, eroding advertising and subscription revenue.
Penske, a family-owned media conglomerate led by Jay Penske and whose content attracts 120 million online visitors a month, said Google only includes publishers websites in its search results if it can also use their articles in AI summaries.