法官驳回 Chegg 与 PMC 针对 Google AI Overviews 的反垄断诉讼
Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuits over Google’s AI Overviews
美国联邦法官 Amit Mehta 周三驳回 Chegg 和 Penske Media Corporation 对 Google 提起的两起反垄断诉讼，两家公司指控 Google 的 AI 搜索功能抢走网站流量。Mehta 在裁决中写道，原告仅主张他们“预期”Google 会在其免费提供内容时送来搜索流量，但预期不等于协议，这只是通用搜索引擎的运作方式。他还表示法院对出版商处境并非不同情，但反垄断规则无法替代立法机构就“新创新”的经济影响作出决定。The Information 本周报道称，Google 正通过一项试点项目向约 100 家出版商付费，以获取其对 AI Overviews、AI Mode 和 Gemini 的内容贡献。
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A federal judge has dismissed a pair of antitrust lawsuits filed by Chegg and Rolling Stone parent company Penske Media Corporation, which accused Google of driving away web traffic with its AI-powered search features, as reported earlier by Reuters . US District Judge Amit Mehta takes Google’s side in a ruling on Wednesday , writing that PMC and Chegg’s claims don’t stand up to antitrust law.
In lawsuits filed last year, Chegg and PMC accused Google of abusing its monopoly power by coercing publishers into supplying content for AI Overviews for free, or risk disappearing from search results. The publishers alleged Google’s practices diverted traffic away from their sites, hurting their revenue.
Judge Mehta, who made a landmark antitrust ruling against Google in 2024, disagrees with Chegg and PMC’s claims. “Plaintiffs have pleaded only that they have an ‘expectation’ that Google will send them search traffic if they make their content available for free,” Mehta writes. “But an expectation is not an agreement. It is simply how a general search engine works.”
Mehta adds that the court is not “unsympathetic to the situation publishers now find themselves in,” but writes that antitrust rules can’t replace a legislative body’s decision to address the economic impact of “new innovation.”
Meanwhile, publishers continue to see effects of Google’s AI-powered search overhaul , with traffic to news outlets and small websites taking a steep dive. This week, The Information reported that Google is paying around 100 publishers for their contributions to AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini as part of a pilot program.
Disclosure: The Verge is part of Penske Media.