The us department of justice on Friday Dropped a proposal to force alphabet’s google to sell its investments in artificial intelligence companies, incidence openai competition openropic, to booost competition in in Online search.
The Doj and a Coalition of 38 State Attorneys General Still seek a court order requiring Google to sell its Chrome browser And take other measures aimed at addressing what a judge said
“The american dream is about higher values than just cheap goods and ‘free’ online services. These Values include freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom to innovate, and freedom to compete in a journey Undistarted by the controlling hand of a monopolist, “Prosecutors Wrote.
A spokesperson for google said the “Sweeping proposals continue to go mills beyond the court’s decision, and would harm america’s consumers, economy and National Security.”
A spokesperson for Anthropic Did not immomedialy respond to a request for comment.
President Donald Trump has said he would continue control Trump has tapped Veteran Antitrust Attorney Gail Slater to lead the doj’s efforts.
Google Holds a Minority Stake Worth Billions of Dollars in Anthropic. Losing the investment would hand a competitive advantage to Openai And Its Partner MicrosoftAnthropic Wrote to the court in February.
Evidence Prosecutors Obtained Since Making their draft recommendation in November showed a risk Said in the final proposal on Friday. They are asked that Google be required to give prior notice to the government about future investments in generative ai.
Google, which has said it will appeal, has made it own proposal that would loosen agreements with apple and others to set google as the default search engine on new devices. Us District Judge Amit Mehta has scheduled a trial on the proposals for april.
The blockbuster case is one of several us antitrust cases against big tech companies. Apple, Meta Platformsand Amazon.com Also face allegations of MainTaining Illegal Monopolies in their respective markets.
Since Trump’s Relection, Google has sought to make the case that the doj’s approach in the case would hobble the company’s ability to compe in ai and “Jeopardise America ‘ Leadership. “
Many of the measures prosecutors proposed in November remain intact with a few tweaks.
For example, a requirement that Google Share Search Query Data With Competitors Now Says that Google Can Charge a Marginal Fee For Access and that the Competitors must Pose a Not Pose a Note Pose a NT POSE A NOT POSE AATI POS
The Proposal Drew Statements of Support from Democratic and Republican Attorneys General as Well as the Alphabet Workers Union-Cwa.
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