Alphabet's Google has been hit by an EU antitrust complaint over its AI Overviews from a group of independent publishers, which has also asked for an interim measure to prevent allegedly irreparable harm to them,

The EU is concerned that Google’s AI Overviews misuse publisher content without consent, harming competition and threatening the viability of independent journalism.

Group of independent publishers alleges the technology is harming their business by diverting web traffic and undermining original content.