It is reported that Google, a technology giant, violated the copyright law of the European Union because it was not authorized to use the contents of French publishers and news organizations during the training of its artificial intelligence service “Gemini”, and was severely punished by the French antitrust regulator of 250 million euros.
Although Google pointed out that the fine was “too harsh” and stressed that it had signed licensing agreements with more than 280 French publishers and paid tens of millions of euros, in order to end this “too long” dispute, Google accepted the fine. At the same time, Google plans to set up an artificial intelligence center in Paris, aiming at promoting France’s progress in the AI field, demonstrating its respect for the French market and regulations and its commitment to promoting the benign interaction between high-quality content and network users.
It is understood that this is the fourth ticket issued by France in recent years to punish Google for violating EU copyright regulations. In 2021, the agency fined Google 500 million euros for failing to negotiate a fair payment for publishers’ news. Google once tried to overturn this ruling, but in 2022 gave up the appeal and reached a settlement agreement with French media publishers.
The Associated Press reported that the dispute means that the European Union and authorities around the world have further pressured technology companies to provide content compensation to news publishers.
Post time: Mar-25-2024