France hits Google with 250 million euro fine in news copyright fight

PARIS (AFP) - French regulators said Wednesday they were fining Google 250 million euros ($272 million) for breaching commitments on paying media companies for reproducing their content online and for using their material for its AI chatbot without telling them.

Google had made commitments in 2022 to negotiate fairly with French news organizations, a year after the Competition Authority hit the U.S. tech gia