Google gets another fine as France accuses its chatbot of copyright infringement

The French market regulator announced on March 20 that it had issued a new fine of 250 million euros (about $272 million) to the U.S.-based Google for violating European Union intellectual property rights regulations by using the content of French publishers and news organizations to train the chatbot "Bard" (an upgraded version of which is called "Gemini") without consent. Gemini") without consent, in violation of European Union regulations on intellectual property rights.