Turkey's Competition Authority opened an antitrust investigation into Alphabet's Google. The probe examines whether Google's AI-powered search features, "AI Overviews" and "AI Mode," abuse its dominant market position.
Concerns center on these generative AI tools reducing traffic to news publishers and other content creators. This reduction in traffic could potentially harm their revenue.
The regulator imposed interim measures to safeguard news publishers during the investigation. These measures require Google to prevent discrimination among publishers.
Google must also ensure publishers can opt out of AI summaries without losing visibility in other Google services. The investigation follows complaints from Turkish publishers regarding falling traffic.