Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a panel at the CEO Summit of the Americas.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
  • Google on Monday announced Bard, its conversational chatbot that it plans to integrate into search.
  • Like Microsoft's revamped Bing search engine, Bard is meant to give answers directly within search.
  • Publishers could once again complain that their content is being used without fair compensation.

Over the years, Google has battled with publishers around the globe over compensation for article snippets that appear in search results. The unveiling of its new search chatbot this week is likely to once again raise the question of whether Google is using others' work without fair compensation.