The news: Google is intensifying efforts to delay or end the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ongoing antitrust case that seeks divestment of its Chrome browser, a move that threatens to disrupt its decades-long dominance in search, browser, and ad markets.
Google warns that breaking up Chrome or restricting its AI investments could weaken the country’s lead in global technology, per Ars Technica.
Old arguments, new DOJ: Google’s defense that breaking it up would hurt user privacy and innovation is nothing new—the company made similar arguments to President Joe Biden’s DOJ last year.