Core Points - Penske Media Corporation has filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming that the AI Overviews feature in search results reduces user clicks on original articles, thereby harming website traffic and illegally utilizing journalistic work [1][2] - Since 2025, Penske has reported a significant decline in traffic from Google searches, with affiliate advertising revenue dropping by over one-third year-on-year, attributing this decline to the AI Overviews feature [1] - Google argues that AI Overviews enhance the usefulness of search results and have increased user engagement [1] Group 1 - Penske Media Corporation is the first major U.S. media company to sue Google over the AI Overviews feature [1] - The lawsuit highlights the challenges faced by the publishing industry, as banning Google from indexing their content would eliminate their visibility in search results, while continuing to allow indexing would provide training data for AI models [2] - Other companies, including Chegg and several European independent publishers, have previously filed similar lawsuits against Google, with criticism from the U.S. News/Media Alliance labeling the feature as "the definition of theft" [2]