Why Google’s search engine trial is about AI

An illustration photograph taken on Feb. 20, 2025 shows Grok, DeepSeek and ChatGPT apps displayed on a phone screen. The Justice Department’s 2020 complaint against Google has few mentions of artificial intelligence or AI chatbots. But nearly five years later, as the remedy phase of the trial enters its second week of testimony, the focus has shifted to AI.
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Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/Getty Images North America

When the U.S. Department of Justice originally broughtand then won — its case against Google, arguing that the tech behemoth monopolized the search engine market,

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