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Felled by the Deregulatory Headwinds: DOJ’s Reversal on AI Divestiture in the Google Search Case
AI Now Institute Associate Director Kate Brennan writes that the DOJ relaxed its posture on a provision in its proposed remedies to Google's Search monopoly.
Recent headlines about the US Department of Justice’s case against Google’s search monopoly have rightly focused on the proposed divestiture of Chrome, a key structural remedy suggested by the DOJ. However, buried in Section Four of the DOJ’s initial remedy proposal was a bold and necessary requirement that Google divest any investment, holding, or interest in any rival AI company or technology product. Instead, strong anti-regulatory headwinds are taking shape across the globe and undermining the potential of competition authorities to tackle these market-dominating practices.Unfortunately, the DOJ’s recently revised proposal fits within this trend.
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