The ongoing antitrust trial against Google’s search engine “monopoly” is harming the US’s AI prospects, claims the company. As the trial reconvened on Monday, the tech giant argued that in order to stave off competition from China, the US needs Google in its “full form.”
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has called for Google to divest its assets, namely its Chrome browser and search data, in order to level the playing field for the company’s rivals. Following this, a federal judge ruled in August last year that the company held a monopoly in the internet search market, kickstarting the case in question.
In recent months, the AI race has intensified, with China rolling out a number of innovations to test the US’s existing market dominance. In January, DeepSeek landed and quickly shot to the top of the Apple and Google app stores. This was followed by Manus AI, allegedly the world’s first fully autonomous AI chatbot.
