Educational Technology Company Chegg is suing Google Over AI review
The Educational Technology Company Chegg has judge Google in the federal court claims that its “AI reviews”, which appear before the search results, have hurt their traffic and revenue. In order to be included in Google search results, says Chegg, it must “provide content that Google is published without permission in AI generated answers that unfairly compete for the attention of users on the Internet in violation of the United States Antitrust Laws “.
Previously publishers like The New York Times have filed a case against AI companies Over copyright violation, accusing them of training large language models (LLM) of IP material without permission. Chegg, however, takes another approach, instead accuses Google of abusing his monopoly position to force companies to deliver materials for their “AI reviews” on their search page. If you don’t, according to him, it means that this can be effectively excluded from Google Search.
Chegg included a screenshot of Google AI review, which takes details from the Chegg website without attribution, although the page in question seems more in the search results.
Google told CNBC that it would defend itself against the case. “Every day, Google sends billions of clicks to web sites, and AI reviews send traffic to a larger variety than sites,” a spokesman said.
The use of Google from his monopoly power thus “is a form of an illegal reciprocal transaction that harms competition in violation of the Sherman Act,” CEG claims, citing the Federal Judge’s decision last year that Google is a monopolist in searchS Tech-ED said it was particularly influenced by these practices, as “The width, depth, quality and volume of Chegg educational content have enormous value for artificial intelligence applications.”
Chegg is the most in a long list of companies that sue Google because of the supposedly illegal misappropriation of IP content, although as mentioned, the use of the Sherman Act is a new approach. As of January 2025, 38 lawsuits have been filed in the United States website Tracking allegations – so far with mixed results.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/educational-tech-Copany-chess-google-over-ai-overviews-133017759.html?src=ss
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