EU opens investigation into Google’s use of online content for AI models

Google runs the Gemini AI model and is owned by Alphabet. File photo: AP/Jeff Chiu

The EU has opened an investigation to assess whether Google is breaching European competition rules in its use of online content from publishers and YouTube creators for artificial intelligence (AI).

The European Commission said it will examine whether the US tech company, which runs the Gemini AI model and is owned by Alphabet, is putting rival AI owners at a “disadvantage”.