The US Department of Justice wants to block Google from using AI to expand its search monopoly.

At the antitrust trial against Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., which began on April 21, a lawyer for the US Department of Justice said that strong measures should be imposed to prevent Google from using artificial intelligence (AI) products to expand its dominance in the field of online search.

The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to force Google to sell its Chrome browser and take other steps to end its monopoly and restore competition in the online search market. Prosecutors have compared the case to the earlier cases that led to the breakup of AT&T and Standard Oil.

The U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of 38 state attorneys general are pushing for solutions they believe will restore competition even as search engines grow to overlap with generative AI products like ChatGPT.

The US Justice Department is proposing to end Google's exclusive agreements with tablet and smartphone makers like Apple to make Google the default search engine.

Google would also have to license its search results to competitors, among other requirements. If other measures fail to restore competition, Google would be forced to sell its Android mobile operating system.

Justice Department attorney David Dahlquist argued that Google's online search monopoly has helped the tech company improve its AI products, which is also a way to drive users to Google's search engine.

According to court documents, Google has agreed to pay Samsung a “substantial monthly fee” to install Google’s Gemini AI app on devices such as smartphones. The deal between Google and Samsung could be extended until 2028.

At the trial, Google's lawyer, John Schmidtlein, argued that the US Justice Department's proposals would benefit Google's competitors.

Google argued that its AI products were outside the scope of the lawsuit, which focused on search engines. In an April 20 blog post, Google CEO Lee-Anne Mulholland warned that adopting the proposed measures “would stifle American innovation at a critical time.”

Google said it plans to appeal the final ruling in this trial./.

(Vietnam News Agency/Vietnam+)

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