"-Google can't negotiate exclusive partnerships to be the default search engine. -Google needs to share its search index and user-interaction data with competitors. Rivals will now have the benefit of training up their own models with some of the troves of data Google has collected. -Google has to provide syndication services to competitors looking to establish their own search and ads business. However, it can charge them for it."
"But it could have been a lot worse. -The judge rejected the biggest penalty prosecutors were after: a forced sale of the Chrome browser or Android operating system. -Google can also keep paying partners like Apple for distribution. The deals just can't be exclusive. -It doesn't need to share its highly valuable ads data with anyone. Don't take my word for it, though. As always, the markets are the true judge. Alphabet's stock rose as much as 8% in after-hours trading."
Judge Amit Mehta barred Google from negotiating exclusive default-search partnerships and required Google to share its search index and user-interaction data with competitors, enabling rivals to train models using that data. Google must offer syndication services to firms building search and ads businesses, though it may charge for those services. The court rejected more drastic remedies such as forced sales of Chrome or Android and preserved Google's ability to make non-exclusive distribution payments and to keep its ads data private. The ruling took into account rapid technological change and the rise of generative AI; markets reacted by lifting Alphabet's stock.
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