DOJ rejects AI competitiveness in asking court to force Google divesture of Chrome

The Justice Department is asking a federal court to force Google to divest itself of its Chrome internet browser, rejecting the company’s claims that the emergence of artificial intelligence drives competition in a way that undermines the government’s antitrust allegations in the landmark case.

“The promise of new technologies, including advances in artificial intelligence (‘AI’), may present an opportunity for fresh competition. But only a comprehensive set of remedies can thaw the ecosystem and finally reverse years of anticompetitive effects,”...