Google’s AI Strategy is being challenged in the antitrust case!

Computerworld.com reported that “The US government is seeking to prevent the tech giant from extending search dominance into the AI era. Federal prosecutors warned that Google might leverage artificial intelligence to entrench its search monopoly, demanding “strong measures” to prevent the tech giant from extending its market control into the AI era.” The April 22, 2025 article entitled “DOJ targets Google’s AI strategy in landmark antitrust battle” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3967007/doj-targets-googles-ai-strategy-in-landmark-antitrust-battle.html) included these comments about “Google’s defense: national security and innovation”:

Google has framed the government’s proposals as threats to the US technological leadership in the global AI race with China — an argument that has gained traction among some industry observers.

“We’re in a fiercely competitive global race with China for the next generation of technology leadership, and Google is at the forefront of American companies making scientific and technological breakthroughs,” Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google’s vice president of regulatory affairs, wrote in a blog post.

“With new services like ChatGPT (and foreign competitors like DeepSeek) thriving, DOJ’s sweeping remedy proposals are both unnecessary and harmful,” Mulholland added in the post.

Gogia acknowledged the complexity of this argument, “Google’s concerns about national security aren’t misplaced. Fragmenting Google’s ecosystem may slow down America’s cohesive AI response to China. But a strong counter opinion to this is that it is a long-overdue correction to embedded defaults that restrict platform access.”

Interesting! What do you think about Google’s AI Strategy?