6 stories · “antitrust”.
Four consumers filed a proposed class action alleging Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google agreed to slow AI progress, in violation of US antitrust law.
Judge Brinkema rejected the DOJ's Google ad-tech breakup, ordering Prebid interoperability, real-time bid-data sharing, and a six-year compliance monitor.
OpenAI confirmed on September 15 that it has spent weeks discussing AI safety with Anthropic and Google DeepMind, the same day the FTC chair warned the talks could entrench incumbents.
Google has begun reshaping European search results for hotels, flights and shopping to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act, saying the changes downgrade its own product.
The Justice Department is probing whether Nvidia's $17 billion Groq licensing and hiring deal was built to avoid antitrust review, the New York Times reports.
Final approval ends a five-year Android antitrust case, returns money to Play Store shoppers and forces Google to loosen its grip on app distribution.
