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Setback for Google as EU court adviser sides with publishers against AI chatbot
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Fusion42 · 4 November 2026 · Fusion42 review
An EU court adviser stated that Google's AI chatbot Gemini may infringe copyright rules by reusing press publications for generating answers, though training AI models using copyrighted materials is allowed under data mining exceptions. This ruling arises from a case brought by a Hungarian website operator against Google.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI & ML, and 3 sources have reported it.
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EU legal scrutiny on using press content in AI answers tightens the rules for your chatbot product. You must factor in new copyright risks when designing or deploying AI that uses press content in Europe.
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3 sources · 3 Nov 2026
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