"A court order will require Google to scale back some of its more aggressive tactics to get its search engine in front of as many users as possible, but it's still fighting to make sure new restrictions won't limit its AI expansion. At a hearing in a federal courthouse in DC on Wednesday, Google attorney John Schmidtlein told Judge Amit Mehta that he should not prevent the company from bundling its Gemini AI app with other Google apps like YouTube and Maps, Bloomberg reported."
"Mehta expressed concern that requiring manufacturers to install its AI app in order to access Maps and YouTube would give Google "leverage" to better position Gemini, Bloomberg wrote. That's similar to what Mehta found Google did to edge out rivals from key distribution channels for search. Google and the Justice Department were back in court to hammer out the details of Mehta's final order on remedies to restore competition to the search market he ruled that Google illegally monopolized."
Judge Amit Mehta ordered limits on some Google distribution tactics used to promote its search engine and sought remedies to restore competition in search. Mehta found that Google illegally monopolized the search market and granted measures like sharing search information with rivals and barring exclusive distribution contracts, while rejecting more extreme proposals such as spinning out Chrome. Google argued that AI is an emerging market and asked to preserve the ability to bundle its Gemini AI app with products like YouTube and Maps. Mehta voiced concern that mandatory bundling could give Google leverage to favor Gemini over rivals.
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