EU Probes Google Over Use of Online Content to Train AI Tools

The European Union opened an antitrust investigation into Alphabet’s GOOGL 1.07%increase; green up pointing triangle Google, citing concerns about how it uses uploaded content on platforms such as YouTube to power and train its artificial-intelligence tools.

The European Commission said Tuesday that it is looking into whether Google is distorting competition by imposing unfair terms and conditions on publishers or by giving itself privileged access to their content. The EU’s executive arm said such practices could put Google’s own AI tools at an advantage over competitors.