The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is no longer demanding that Google sell its investments in artificial intelligence (AI) startups, but remains committed to forcing the company to divest its Chrome browser as part of a sweeping antitrust remedy.
In a proposal filed March 7, the DOJ and a coalition of 38 state attorneys general urged the federal court in Washington to order Google to sell Chrome and implement measures to dismantle what a judge ruled was an illegal internet search monopoly.
The proposal says Google to must “promptly and fully divest Chrome, along with any assets or services necessary” to complete the sale to a buyer approved by the plaintiffs. In addition, Google would be required to stop paying partners for preferential search engine placement and notify regulators before entering any joint ventures or partnerships with search or search-ad competitors….