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US plan to break up Google's search dominance threatens profit engine, AI growth

Economic Times · 20d

- U.S. Department of Justice's proposed remedies to break up Google's search dominance could weaken its main profit engine and stall its advances in artificial intelligence. - Proposed remedies include potential divestment of parts of Google's business like Chrome browser and Android operating system, barring Google from collecting sensitive user data, requiring it to share search results with rivals, and making Google report to a court-appointed technical committee. - AI-related remedies could disrupt Google's business and hinder its competitiveness against startups and rivals in the AI space. - Companies like DuckDuckGo, Microsoft Bing, Meta Platforms, and Amazon could potentially benefit from the proposed remedies. - The likelihood of the remedies going through and their effectiveness is uncertain, with some industry watchers and analysts considering them as a legal non-starter. - Alphabet investors have shown little reaction to the DOJ's proposals, suggesting that the market isn't worried about a forced break-up happening.