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French regulator fines Google $271M over generative AI copyright issue
Google trained its Bard AI on copyright news articles without giving publishers sufficient information about remuneration or an opportunity to opt out, France’s competition authority found.
Google avoided a fine at that point by pledging to enter into good-faith negotiations over compensation with news providers for their content, among other steps. “The Autorité considers the fact that Google did not inform editors and press agencies of the use of their content by its service Bard to be a breach of its obligation of transparency,” the authority’s statement said. In response to the authority’s ruling, Google issued an official blog post saying it found the fine “disproportionate,” but that it would pay up rather than contest it, saying “it is time to turn the page.”
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