{
  "id": 17946910,
  "title": "Google's use of press by AI chatbot may infringe copyright rules, EU court adviser says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/googles-use-of-press-by-ai-chatbot-may-infringe-copyright-rules-eu-17946910",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-03T10:32:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/international/article-913679"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An EU court adviser has warned that Google's AI chatbot Gemini may be breaching copyright laws when it employs press articles to generate responses to user queries. Advocate General Maciej Szpunar indicated that while copyright protection does not extend to the factual content reported in press publications, it does cover the specific manner in which that information is expressed.\n\nSzpunar's comments come in response to a case brought by Hungarian website operator Like Company against Google. The advocate-general's advice is typically given considerable weight by the court's judges. He explained that the use of copyrighted material to train large language models is permitted under the existing text and data mining exception.",
  "summary": "Google's Gemini AI may violate copyright rules when it uses publishers' content to generate answers, an EU court adviser said, while distinguishing that use from AI training.",
  "key_points": [
    "EU court adviser warns Google's Gemini AI may infringe copyright.",
    "Advocate General Maciej Szpunar explains copyright covers expression, not facts.",
    "Szpunar's advice aligns with existing text and data mining exception."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The distinction between factual data and creative expression forces AI developers to navigate a narrow legal corridor where training models remains permitted but reproducing specific journalistic styles risks infringement.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Google's use of press by AI chatbot may infringe copyright rules, EU court adviser says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/googles-use-of-press-by-ai-chatbot-may-infringe-copyright-rules-eu",
        "published": "2026-11-03T09:20:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Google AI chatbot’s use of press items may infringe copyright rules, EU court adviser says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/google-ai-chatbots-use-of-press-items-may-infringe-copyright-rules-eu",
        "published": "2026-11-03T10:54:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}