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Google considered blocking Safari users from accessing its new AI features, report says


Google’s dominance of the search industry is the target of an ongoing Justice Department investigation – and its relationship with Apple...

A new report from The Information today focuses on how Google is racing to reduce its reliance on Apple’s Safari browser ahead of the potential outcome of the antitrust case. Google pays Apple upwards of $20 billion per year to retain that default status, something the Justice Department says hinders competition in the search engine industry. Google executives considered having its new AI Overviews feature, which shows AI-generated responses to search queries, appear on its mobile apps but not on Safari, people who have worked on the product said.

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