The DoJ found that prohibiting Google from making investments in the sector could ’cause unintended consequences in the evolving AI space.’
Google will be allowed to keep its existing AI investments but may still be forced to divest its dominant Chrome browser, following a final judgment by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
The search giant has been a huge investor in the AI space, pumping $3 billion into start-up Anthropic, which produces the Claude chatbot. In the court filing, the DOJ ruled that stopping Google from making investments in AI could “cause unintended consequences in the evolving AI space.”
“Plaintiffs are no longer advocating for this specific remedy; however, they continue to be concerned about Google’s potential to use its sizable capital to exercise influence in AI companies”, the filing read.
