Google search monopoly US case treatments to return by December By Reuters

By Jody Godoy

(Reuters) -The U.S. Division of Justice plans to subject a top level view by December on what Alphabet (NASDAQ:)’s Google should do to revive competitors after a choose earlier discovered the corporate illegally monopolized the marketplace for on-line search, prosecutors stated at a courtroom listening to in Washington on Friday.

Prosecutors didn’t element what treatment they’ll suggest, however Justice Division legal professional David Dahlquist stated it must be complete and keep in mind how Google plans to combine synthetic intelligence into search.

For the reason that case was introduced, Google has rebranded its Bard AI product to Gemini, Dahlquist stated.

“What else are they fascinated with? What else is past that?” he stated on the listening to.

Prosecutors might search to have Google divest sure enterprise items, akin to its Android cell gadget working system, or finish billions of {dollars} in annual funds to smartphone makers and others to make sure that its search engine is the default on gadgets and browsers.

Google’s legal professional John Schmidtlein stated on the listening to that the corporate wants an in depth proposal from prosecutors, and can seemingly search info from Microsoft (NASDAQ:) and OpenAI to arrange any counter-argument on AI search.

Google has stated it plans to attraction the choose’s ruling.

U.S. District Decide Amit Mehta stated he might maintain a listening to within the spring and want to rule by subsequent August.