French media asks French anti-trust watchdog to act on Google's AI

French media groups have asked France’s antitrust regulator to intervene over Google’s AI-generated article summaries, arguing that the feature siphons traffic away from publishers and harms their businesses. The request follows a July ruling against Meta that required payment talks with media outlets over use of their content in AI tools. The article highlights growing regulatory pressure in Europe around AI and publisher compensation, which could increase legal and compliance costs for Alphabet and potentially limit how Google deploys AI search summaries in France. No immediate response from Google was reported.