Google sued by US edtech firm Chegg over AI search summaries hurting traffic. Company's response

A US-based edtech company has sued Google stating that its Artificial Intelligence (AI) search engine called AI Overviews is eroding demand for original content and undermining publishers' ability to compete. The company called Chegg, an online education company which offers textbook rentals, homework help, and tutoring, said that Google is co-opting publishers' content to keep users on its own site which erases financial incentives to publish.

This will also eventually lead to a "hollowed-out information ecosystem of little use and unworthy of trust," the report quoted the company as stating in its Washington lawsuit. It even added that AI overviews caused a drop in visitors and subscribers. As a result, Chegg is now considering a sale or take-private transaction, the report quoted its CEO Nathan Schultz as having said on Monday.