Alphabet's Google internet search engine is eroding demand for original content and undermining publishers' ability to compete with its artificial intelligence-generated overviews, a U.S. educational technology company said in a lawsuit filed on Monday.

In its court filing, Chegg argues that Google forces companies to supply proprietary content in order to be included in Google’s search function, unfairly exercises its monopoly power within search, and reaps benefits from Chegg's content without paying for it.

If you use Google Search, you’ve no doubt noticed that results now often begin with an “AI Overview.” The pop-up is a major change to one of the world’s most popular tech products; Google surfaces a response to many questions without making you click into other websites.

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The company called Chegg added that Google is coercing publishers to let it use the information for AI overviews, leading to fewer site visitors.