DOJ targets Google’s AI strategy in landmark antitrust battle – Computerworld

Federal prosecutors warned that Google might leverage artificial intelligence to entrench its search monopoly, demanding “strong measures” to prevent the tech giant from extending its market control into the AI era.

In the latest phase of the major antitrust trial that began on Monday, government lawyer David Dahlquist argued that Google has built a system where its control of search helps improve its AI products, which then send more users back to Google search, creating a cycle that keeps competitors locked out of both markets.

“Now is the time to tell Google and all other monopolists who are out there listening, and they are listening, that there are consequences when you break the antitrust laws,” Department of Justice attorney David Dahlquist told the court Monday, as the remedies phase of the landmark antitrust case against Google began, reported Reuters.