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00:00 Alphabet's Google was fined $271.7 million by the French competition Watchdog on Wednesday.
00:09 The regulator said it punished the firm for breaches of EU intellectual property rules
00:13 in its relationship with media publishers.
00:16 It also cited concerns about the company's AI-powered BARD, since rebranded as Gemini.
00:23 Google has pledged not to contest the facts as part of settlement proceedings, according
00:27 to the regulator.
00:28 It further said the company proposed a number of remedies to certain shortcomings.
00:33 The fine is linked to a copyright dispute in France over online content.
00:38 The case was triggered by complaints from some of France's biggest news organisations,
00:42 including Agence France-Presse, or AFP.
00:45 The dispute seemed resolved two years ago when Google dropped its appeal against a fine
00:50 of more than $500 million at the end of a major investigation.
00:54 But on Wednesday, the Watchdog said Google violated the terms of four out of seven commitments
00:59 agreed in the settlement agreement.
01:01 That included conducting negotiations with publishers in good faith and providing transparent
01:06 information.
01:07 The Watchdog in particular cited Google's AI chatbot BARD, which was launched last year.
01:13 It said it was trained on data from unspecified media outlets and news agencies, without the
01:18 company informing them or the regulator.
01:21 Google said it accepted the settlement because it's time to move on.
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