- Doj says Google should sell Chrome to approach monopoly research
- Its investments in AI are safe and Android discussions calm
- Google is concerned about the impacts on national security
Although the United States Ministry of Justice (DoJ) has abandoned its IA divestment proposal for Google, which could have seen the giant of forced technology to sell its investments in AI (including a participation of several billion dollars in Anthropic), the company is still faced with an uncertain future on its browser Chrome.
The DoJ continues to request a court order so that Google sells its popular browser in the context of a wider effort to combat the alleged monopoly of the research market.
Google was also not completely unscathed from the AI saga, the company being now necessary to inform the government of future investments in AI.
Google might still have to sell Chrome
The DoJ has the support of 38 prosecutors general in its attempt to divide Google from its popular Chrome browser, which represents two thirds (66.3%) of all the browser sessions worldwide (via Statcourter).
An extract from the summary of the executive of the revised final judgment of the complainants (via PK Press Club) reads as follows: “Google’s conduct has a real danger for market freedom and for robust competition in our economy.”
A Google spokesperson previously shared with Techradar Pro: “We regularly meet regulators, including the Doj to discuss this case. As we have said publicly, we fear that current proposals harm the American economy and national security. »»
We asked Google a comment on the latest developments, but we have not yet received an answer.
Google sought to reach an agreement that would see it loosen its exclusivity and the default search engine with Apple. We do not know how much this argument succeeded in the eyes of the court.
In addition, the DOJ has loosened its position on the property by Google d’Android, the mobile operating system which represents nearly three -quarters (72%) of the global smartphones market (via distinct figures from Statcourter).
