Berlin court rules Google's AI Overviews are just a new search format, not original content

A Berlin court has ruled that Google's AI-generated summaries are just a "new search result format" and that Google has no "decisive influence" over the content. A perfume company had sued because AI search displayed its brand names alongside cheaper knockoffs and linked to their websites. The ruling partly contradicts a recent Munich decision that held Google directly liable for false AI responses, though the two cases are quite different. The article Berlin court rules Google's AI Overviews are just a new search format, not original content appeared first on The Decoder .