Nigeria, March 20 -- France's competition regulator fined Google $271 million Wednesday, saying the search giant breached some commitments it made to negotiate fair licence deals with an array of news publishers in the country.

In 2022, Google made binding commitments to negotiate licence deals fairly, including a pledge to give publishers estimates of indirect revenue it generates when including news content in its search results.

On Wednesday, the watchdog said Google's AI-powered chatbot Bard - since rebranded under the name Gemini - was trained on content from publishers and news agencies, without notifying them.

Google has pledged not to contest the facts as part of settlement proceedings, according to Reuters, adding the company ...