Google is facing an antitrust complaint in the EU from independent publishers, who claim the AI Overviews feature is hurting their traffic and revenue.

Independent publishers have filed an antitrust complaint against Google, accusing the company that its new AI Overviews feature is severely harming their revenue and traffic by promoting synthesized content from their material. They are seeking urgent interim measures from the European Commission, citing risks to press independence. Google rejects the accusations, saying its search engine generates billions of clicks to websites and that traffic losses can have multiple causes. The complaint has the backing of several publishers' rights organizations.