European Commission Strikes Google AI Empire

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The European Commission has delivered a blow to Google’s AI ambitions.

Brussels launched a formal antitrust investigation yesterday (Dec. 9) into Google’s AI practices, targeting how the tech giant harvests publisher content and YouTube videos without proper compensation. This marks the Commission’s second major Google probe in less than a month, signaling unprecedented regulatory pressure on Big Tech’s AI dominance.

Google now faces potential fines reaching 10% of its global annual revenue if found guilty. With Google’s parent company Alphabet reporting revenues exceeding $280 billion annually, penalties could reach tens of billions of dollars.

The “double daylight robbery” accusation

This investigation emerged from complaints filed five months ago by a powerful ...