Google reportedly faces a fresh Justice Department probe over whether it violated antitrust law through its partnership with artificial intelligence chatbot firm Character.AI.

Google reportedly faces a fresh Justice Department probe over whether it violated antitrust law through its partnership with artificial intelligence chatbot firm Character.AI. DOJ officials ...

Alphabet's Google GOOGL.O needs strong measures imposed on it to prevent it from using its artificial intelligence products to extend its dominance in online search, a U.S. Department of Justice ...

Microsoft struck a $650 million deal with Inflection AI in March 2024, to use the AI startup's models and hire its staff, while Amazon hired AI firm Adept's co-founders and some of its team last June.

Judge in Google antitrust trial presses DOJ on AI’s role in future competition By . Thomas Barrabi. Published May 30, 2025. ... Google faces a historic breakup of its search empire.

The DOJ has argued that Google’s dominance over search gives it a leg up in the AI race. It has pushed for more forward-looking remedies, including forcing the company to sell its Chrome browser.

On the surface, it may seem like business as usual for SEOs. After all, Google sees 5 trillion searches a year. However, for every 1,000 U.S. Google searches, only 360 clicks go to the open web ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is set to face more scrutiny from the UK’s antitrust watchdog over its online search and advertising business. The Competition and Markets Authority said Tuesday that it ...

Google is adding more artificial-intelligence features to Search, as fears continue to mount over the company’s ability to protect its search-engine fortress in the AI era. The tech giant ...

Google on Monday began confronting an existential threat as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into a ruthless monopoly.

What's in Google's AI Mode? AI Mode exists as an extra tab on your normal search bar and as new functionality within your search results. You can also access it directly at this URL .