Liz Reid, the top of Google Search, has stated that the corporate must divert over 20 per cent of the workforce to undertake the modifications proposed by the US authorities within the antitrust search cures case.
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It will imply that between 1,000 to 2,000 Google Search staff must be reassigned for this objective, Reid testified in courtroom on Tuesday, March 6. A US district courtroom in California wrapped up hearings within the antitrust cures trial on Friday, March 9, in line with a report by CNBC.
This comes roughly a yr after Google was held responsible of violating US antitrust regulation by having an unlawful monopoly within the on-line search market. The US Division of Justice (DOJ) has proposed for Google to be compelled to share search index information, click on information, and extra with its rivals with a view to restore competitors out there.
Google’s proprietary “Information Graph” database which is used to indicate search outcomes comprises greater than 500 billion details, Reid reportedly stated in her testimony. The senior vice chairman additionally identified that Google had invested $20 billion in engineering prices and content material acquisition during the last ten years.
“Individuals ask Google questions they wouldn’t ask anybody else,” she stated, including that sharing such info with its opponents poses privateness dangers. The ultimate days of the trial to find out what penalties needs to be imposed on Google for its unlawful search monopoly, additionally noticed Apple’s SVP of Companies Eddy Cue take the witness stand.
Cue’s primarily tried to persuade the choose that the search market is already so aggressive that he ought to enable Google to proceed paying Apple $20 billion a yr for the previous’s search engine to be the default within the latter’s Safari browser, in line with Bloomberg.
He argued that the rise of internet search in AI instruments like ChatGPT and Perplexity could make customers much less inclined to go to Google as their main means of discovering info. This, in flip, is shrinking the antitrust risk posed by Google and making the market extra aggressive. The US authorities prosecutors clearly disagreed with this.
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The closing arguments within the trial might be held on Might 29 and 30, whereas the ruling is predicted to be delivered in August this yr. Along with the sharing of proprietary search information and prohibiting exclusionary agreements with the likes of Apple, the DOJ additionally needs the courtroom to drive Google to sell-off its Chrome browser.
The corporate can even face a cures trial in one other antitrust case over its unlawful monopoly of the advert tech enterprise. This trial is predicted to kick off in September 2025.