Last year, the federal judge issued an orientation decision, saying that Google became a monopolist on the Internet search. But on the hearing that started last week to find out how to solve the problem, emphasis often landed on another technology, artificial intelligence.
At the US District Court in Washington last week, a lawyer of the Ministry of Justice claimed that Google could use his monopoly search to become a dominant player in AI Google, revealed an internal discussion on the expansion of Gemini, AI Chatbot. And Rival AI’s executives said Google’s power was an obstacle to their success.
On Wednesday, the first important question was asked by the CEO of Google Sundar Pichai after standing up, also about AI during his 90 -minute testimony, the subject appeared more than two times.
“I think it’s one of the most dynamic moments in the field,” said Mr. Pichai. “I saw users’ home screens, such as seven to nine chatbot applications with which they try and play and train.”
An antitrust action for the past has effectively turned into a struggle for the future, because the government and Google face proposed changes in the technology giant business that could move the course of the AI race.
For more than 20 years, Google’s search engine dominated how people received answers online. Now the Federal Court is basically struggling to see if the giant Silicon Valley will dominate the other era of how people get information on the Internet, because consumers turn to the new AI Chatbot harvest to answer questions, find their problems and learn about the world.
At the meeting of government lawyers claimed that Google’s monopolistic tactics could be used to make his Gemini Chatbot the ubiquitous AI product. This cannot be done in the emerging AI area, the government has stated that consumers have to choose products for use well for the future.
Google argued that the court did not have to intervene because the rapid growth of the Openai-Welding AI, which helps to power the AI on the iPhone-A other rivals show that the market is already in competition.
How much Judge AMIT P. Mehta, who determines repairs in a search case, buys into these AI arguments could transform a hard competition to lead technology. Google is already a leading player AI, with Gemini attracting more than 350 million active users a month, according to the attempt. Any measures to prevent his efforts or to help his competitors would have great consequences for this race.
The government asked the court to force Google to sell its Chrome browser and share data with opponents, including search results and ads, among other things.
Government applications for the repair of monopols are looking forward and try to cancel the years of damaged competition and open markets to new rivals. From the government’s point of view: “You do not want to spend five years and a lot of agency sources that bring a case that does not actually do anything,” said John Newman, deputy director of the Federal Commercial Commission for the Economic Administration.
Google spokesman pointed to the introductory statement of the company’s chief lawyer John Schmidtlein, who stated that the market for artificial intelligence “is doing extremely competitive”. The Ministry of Justice refused to comment.
The hearing this year is followed by Judge Mehta 2024 decisions that Google illegally protected its monopoly by paying companies like Apple, Mozilla and Samsung, and it will automatically appear in web browsers and smartphones.
Since the beginning of the hearing, government lawyers have built AI ahead and center.
The first witness, Associate Professor University of Texas, Gregory Durrett, Gregory Durrett, gave in response to AI judge Meht, Judge Meht asked questions about how chatbots work and how they were integrated into Google products.
The government has submitted documents that show that Google was considering an agreement with wireless carriers and smartphones that would provide Gemini devices along their search engine. It reminded the stores that Google signed to get the main location for the search engine.
Google has decided not to move forward with the Gemini Plan with wireless carriers and smartphone manufacturers after last year’s judge. Finally, it reached a separate agreement with Samsung to show Gemini on Samsung smartphones, the documents show.
Google Executive Director testified that Samsung’s agreement provided smartphone manufacturers with the ability to work with other AI services. Mr. Pichai testified that the company focused on the signature of agreements that were in line with their own proposal for remedial measures saying that smartphone manufacturers should have more freedom to decide what applications Google install.
The executives of competing AI, such as Openai, also showed that government proposed changes in Google’s business will make it easier for them to build products and address consumers.
Nicholas Turley, the Openai’s Chatgpt product, said at the stand that his company had introduced a prototype search tool in July and asked Google to access his data. But Google rejected Openi, because “it would include too much complexity”, according to E -mail by the Executive Director Openi.
“I was aware that Google may not be motivated to offer good conditions due to the competitive nature of some of our offers,” Turley said. If Judge Mehta demanded that Google shares more data with Openai, the company could “create a product faster faster,” he added.
OpenIi would also be interested in buying Chrome Google, if it were for sale, Mr. Turley added.
(The New York Times sued Openai and his partner, Microsoft, for violating copyright related to AI systems. They rejected unlawful conduct.)
Dmitry Shevelenko, Chief Sales Director of Starting AI searches, testified that his company had tried to achieve agreements with telephone companies to automatically offer her chatbot-but one of them had already had a Google arrangement.
This company “likes our assistant, thinks it’s great for their users, but they can’t get out of their duties Google, so they can’t change the default assistant,” he said.
Google lawyers faced the company that the company did not lock the smartphone manufacturer to too restrictive stores to offer Gemini. They repeatedly said that many companies were prospering and referring to data that showed that Chatgpt was used broadly than any other chatbot.
“I think Chatgpt is doing well in this case without any remedies,” said Mr. Schmidtlein in his introductory statement. “These companies compete well without the plaintiffs.”
