Google’s CEO is fighting back against the remedies suggested by the US Department of Justice to combat the firm’s antitrust behavior.
Google was found guilty by the court for behaving as a monopoly, so a series of remedies were proposed to help combat the issues in the world of search. Now, Sundar Pichai is breaking his silence on how such solutions can do more harm than good.
He shared how it could upend how Google handles search engines and how users navigate the web online. In case these proposals do get adopted, Pichai says that the entire search landscape would deteriorate.
The data sharing clauses were slammed as far-reaching by the CEO. He continued to argue that forcing the firm to share these kinds of search data compromises the users’ privacy. After all, people do end up online during some of their most vulnerable periods.
The Department of Justice feels Google might use such power to better Gemini, which is the powerful AI assistant getting traction. As per Google, that’s not true as it’s still far behind the likes of OpenAI.
Furthermore, Pichai shared how such proposed remedies could impact future innovation, and it would be unviable for the company to carry out research and development on this front. The big picture is that the remedies might end up forcing Google to separate from Chrome. It would also mean it could stop paying to ensure Chrome is the default search engine across various platforms. Lastly, it would have to share search data with other arch rivals in the industry to ensure competition remains.
By August this year, the Judge following the case would make the final decision on Google’s fate. Right now, we can confirm that Alphabet is keen on appealing. So this also means the fight over Google’s future is not over yet and could go on for years from today.
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Google was found guilty by the court for behaving as a monopoly, so a series of remedies were proposed to help combat the issues in the world of search. Now, Sundar Pichai is breaking his silence on how such solutions can do more harm than good.
He shared how it could upend how Google handles search engines and how users navigate the web online. In case these proposals do get adopted, Pichai says that the entire search landscape would deteriorate.
The data sharing clauses were slammed as far-reaching by the CEO. He continued to argue that forcing the firm to share these kinds of search data compromises the users’ privacy. After all, people do end up online during some of their most vulnerable periods.
The Department of Justice feels Google might use such power to better Gemini, which is the powerful AI assistant getting traction. As per Google, that’s not true as it’s still far behind the likes of OpenAI.
Furthermore, Pichai shared how such proposed remedies could impact future innovation, and it would be unviable for the company to carry out research and development on this front. The big picture is that the remedies might end up forcing Google to separate from Chrome. It would also mean it could stop paying to ensure Chrome is the default search engine across various platforms. Lastly, it would have to share search data with other arch rivals in the industry to ensure competition remains.
By August this year, the Judge following the case would make the final decision on Google’s fate. Right now, we can confirm that Alphabet is keen on appealing. So this also means the fight over Google’s future is not over yet and could go on for years from today.
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