Brazil Opens Google AI Probe

- Brazil's antitrust authority CADE approved a deeper investigation into Google's use of journalistic content in AI search and summarisation tools, escalating the matter to a formal administrative process. - The tribunal's move was unanimous and explicitly put AI search behavior and publisher remuneration into scope. - The case signals regulators outside Europe are scrutinising how platforms ingest and present news in AI outputs, expanding the global compliance perimeter for content use. (investing.com) (riotimesonline.com)