European Publishers Council files formal antitrust complaint against Google over AI Overviews and AI Mode https://www.epceurope.eu/post/european-publishers-council-files-formal-antitrust-complaint-against-google-over-ai-overviews-and-ai
"By embedding AI-generated summaries and chatbot-style responses directly into its dominant search interface, Google has transformed Search from a referral service into an answer engine that substitutes original publisher content and retains users within Google’s own ecosystem. Google relies on publishers’ high-quality journalistic content as a critical input for AI training" - and you can't opt out.