Google requests dismissal of media AI search summary antitrust lawsuit

PANews, January 14—According to Decrypt, Google has filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking to dismiss Penske Media's antitrust lawsuit regarding its AI search summaries. Google claims that AI Overviews are a legitimate product improvement, that media outlets can choose not to be indexed, and that this does not constitute coercion. This is Google's third request for dismissal; if denied, the case may proceed to a broader antitrust review concerning AI and platform power.