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Google Should Worry About Regulators’ Case Against Its AI Push
Of all the ideas the Justice Department has for breaking up the company, this one stands out the most.
Alphabet investors probably need to start taking notice.
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If investors in Alphabet Inc. weren’t all that worried at first about the possible consequences of Google losing its search antitrust case, they perhaps should be now.
After a district court’s ruling in August that Google is an illegal monopoly, the Justice Department has made it clear it feels handicapping the company’s future competitive advantage in artificial intelligence would be one effective way to fix the damage — making Google’s already monumental task of keeping up with AI rivals even more difficult.