美国联邦法官驳回 Chegg 和 Penske 针对谷歌 AI 搜索的反垄断诉讼
Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
美国联邦法官 Amit Mehta 驳回了 Chegg 和 Penske Media 针对谷歌的反垄断诉讼，认定谷歌在 AI Overviews 等产品中的行为不违反反垄断法。Chegg 声称谷歌抓取其教育内容供 Gemini 模型复用并分流流量，Penske 指控被收录网站无法选择退出 AI 答案的内容抓取。法官写道，网站对搜索流量的期待不构成协议，这只是搜索引擎的运作方式。
In a setback for publishers worried about the effects of AI search, a US federal judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by Chegg and Penske Media against Google. The companies accused Google of antitrust violations in products like AI overviews, which have led to decreasing traffic at numerous sites. However, US District Judge Amit Mehta has ruled that Google's conduct is not illegal under antitrust law.
The lawsuits were filed in 2025, and Google requested a dismissal earlier this year. Chegg, an education and learning platform, claimed in its lawsuit that Google illegally scraped its educational content. This allowed Gemini models to essentially recreate that content and reduce the site's traffic. Penske, which owns publications like Rolling Stone and Variety, filed a similar case that alleged lost traffic. Specifically, the publisher claimed it was unfair that sites indexed for organic search would also have their content harvested for AI answers, with no way to opt out.
These arguments did not sway the judge, who noted that Google's implicit agreement with websites is not legally relevant. "Plaintiffs have pleaded only that they have an ‘expectation’ that Google will send them search traffic if they make their content available for free," wrote Mehta. "But an expectation is not an agreement. It is simply how a general search engine works."
来源：Ars Technica：AI · arstechnica.com