Google Fined €250M in France Over AI Training Data Use

The fine marks the first of its kind for an AI company, stemming from unauthorized use of news publishers' content.

Google fined €250 million by French competition authority for failing to comply with commitments to French news outlets, marking the first fine on an AI company over training data.
The fine addresses Google's use of news publishers' content to train its AI model Bard, now known as Gemini, without proper notification.
Google has introduced a new control for publishers to opt out of having their data used for AI training, addressing one of the issues raised.
The legality of using news articles for AI training under EU copyright law remains an open question, despite Google's claims of compliance.
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