The news: Google Search’s AI Overviews feature may be anticompetitive, according to a group of US senators.
- The eight Democratic lawmakers stated in a press release that they are pushing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate AI Overviews, saying it diminishes website publishers’ ad traffic and harms journalists and content creators.
- Publishers’ organic search traffic could fall by as much as 60% because of AI Overviews, per Adweek, and it could cause the publishing industry to lose $2 billion annual decrease in ad revenues.