Apple’s Shift to AI Is Poised to Soften Blow From Google Ruling
- Judge’s decision puts Google payments to Apple in jeopardy
- In future, Apple could handle searches via Siri and chatbots
Apple is weaving OpenAI’s ChatGPT capabilities into its software and expects to do the same with Google’s Gemini chatbot.
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Google’s defeat in an antitrust suit filed by the Justice Department has cast a shadow over partner Apple Inc., which generates roughly $20 billion a year in payments from the internet search giant.
Apple shares slipped almost 5% on Monday after a judge ruled that Google’s payments to device makers — made in return for its search engine getting preferential placement — were illegal. The decision handed a win to the Justice Department in its first major antitrust case against Big Tech in more than two decades.