Did you know US Department of Justice Drops Proposal to Force Google To Sell AI Investments

 

Google is no longer obliged to follow an order by the American Department of Justice that called for the sale of its AI investments.

The news was shared on Friday after the DOJ dropped this order for tech giants including Google and Anthropic to enhance rivalry in the digital search market.

However, the Department of Justice and 38 different attorney generals are continues pursuing a new court order that forces Google to sell the Chrome browser and take different measures aimed to address what the judge called an unlawful search monopoly. These claims were mentioned in the documents filed in the state capital.

The prosecutors shared how the dream of Americans is to have higher values than just usual cheap goods that are offered for free online. The values would be freedom of speech, freedom of innovation, freedom of association, and freedom to compete inside the market that’s undistorted by an upper hand that serves as a monopoly in the industry.

A representative from Google shared how such sweeping proposals would continue over time and can result in serious dangers to the US economy and overall national security.

The matter is coming at a time when the US President Donald Trump shared his two cents on the issue and how crackdown against big tech giants would continue during his initial term as they were from the previous Biden administration.

Today, Android maker Google has a minor share worth billions in Anthropic. Therefore, losing out on such investments would provide a serious competitive advantage to OpenAI and its leading tech partner Microsoft, as per Anthropic’s spokesperson inside the courtroom.

Evidence attained by prosecutors since drafting out recommendations in November displayed a serious risk that barred Google from a host of AI investments. This might result in unintended consequences, included in this evolving AI space. Moreover, they asked Google to be ready to provide prior notice to government officials regarding future investments in the world of generative AI.

Google has already stated in the past that it would be appealing such a decision. It shared separate proposals about loosening agreements linked to Apple and many more that would set Google as the default option in the world of search.

Such blockbuster cases are one of the many American antitrust cases against tech giants like Apple, Amazon, and Meta. They would be facing serious allegations of keeping illegal monopolies in check through respective markets.

Since the reelection face, Google has made it clear in such cases that the DOJ’s approach would hobble the firm’s capabilities to compete in AI and put the entire US economic and tech leadership in jeopardy.

So many different measures were proposed by the prosecutors in November, and they remain still with several tweaks. For instance, a requirement that Google be more transparent about its search data now claims that it can go as far as to charge a minimal fee to get access.