Overview

• Google CEO Sundar Pichai called the DOJ's proposed remedies, including forced data sharing and divesting Chrome, a 'de facto divestiture' of Google Search's intellectual property.
• Pichai argued that sharing search data would allow rivals to reverse engineer Google's technology, making it unviable to continue investing in research and development.
• The CEO warned that mandated data sharing could expose users' private search behavior to risks, particularly during sensitive moments.
• Google emphasized growing competition in artificial intelligence, citing rivals like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and highlighted its efforts to loosen exclusive default search deals.
• Judge Amit Mehta is expected to rule on the remedies by August, with Google planning to appeal any decision that enforces the DOJ’s proposals.