Google’s AI previews erode internet, US edtech firm Chegg says in lawsuit

Alphabet’s Google internet search engine is eroding demand for original content and undermining publishers’ ability to compete with its artificial intelligence-generated overviews, a US educational technology company said in a lawsuit filed on Monday.

Chegg, an online education company that offers textbook rentals, homework help, and tutoring, said in the lawsuit filed in Washington, DC, that Google is co-opting publishers’ content to keep users on its own site, erasing financial incentives to publish.