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OpenAI accidentally deleted potential evidence in The New York Times and Daily News’ copyright lawsuit, lawyers for the publishers allege As part of the suit, OpenAI agreed to provide two virtual machines so that counsel could perform searches for their copyrighted content in its AI training sets But in a letter, attorneys for the publishers say that OpenAI engineers erased all the publishers’ search data stored on one of the virtual machinesThe remedies also take aim at the exclusive agreements that Google has made with partners, like Apple, to make its search engine the default on their devices
The DOJ’s proposal would prohibit such agreements, which were at the heart of the case “Instead, DOJ chose to push a radical interventionist agenda that would harm Americans and America’s global technology leadership,” he added “DOJ’s wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court’s decision It would break a range of Google products — even beyond Search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives
” Hackers go after Andrew Tate: According to The Daily Dot, hackers breached an online course founded by the influencer and self-described misogynist, leaking data on close to 800,000 users Tate is currently under house arrest awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking and rape Read more(The Hill) – The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking a federal judge to order Google to sell off its Chrome browser after the court found the tech giant maintained an illegal monopoly over online search In a filing late Wednesday night, the DOJ argued Google’s ownership and control of Chrome, as well as Android, stand in the way of its efforts to open up the market and prevent future monopolization
“The playing field is not level because of Google’s conduct, and Google’s quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired,” the agency wrote “The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages” The DOJ’s proposal would require Google to divest from Chrome and prohibit the search giant from owning another browser for five years It would also block the company from owning or investing in other potential rivals over the same period
As for Android — which the agency contended offers Google “myriad obvious and not-so-obvious ways to favor its own search products” — the DOJ said it would ask the company to divest from its mobile operating system only if the other remedies are not effective at reining in its monopoly or Google attempts to circumvent them The remedies also take aim at the exclusive agreements that Google has made with partners, like Apple, to make its search engine the default on their devices The DOJ’s proposal would prohibit such agreements, which were at the heart of the case Google would also be barred from preferencing its search engine through its other products, such as Android, YouTube or its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini
Kent Walker, Google’s chief legal officer and president of global affairs, described the DOJ’s recommended remedies as a “staggering proposal” “DOJ had a chance to propose remedies related to the issue in this case: search distribution agreements with Apple, Mozilla, smartphone , and wireless carriers,” Walker wrote in a blog post “Instead, DOJ chose to push a radical interventionist agenda that would harm Americans and America’s global technology leadership,” he added “DOJ’s wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court’s decision
It would break a range of Google products — even beyond Search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives” The remedies trial will take place with a new administration overseeing the DOJ, which could impact the sorts of solutions it ultimately pursues But the case was originally filed during the first Trump administration, which suggests Google won’t be entirely off the hookDo we need another daily word game? I am a daily word game and crossword puzzle evangelist, but it feels like we’re quickly approaching oversaturation in the market
Netflix, in collaboration with TED, launched its new daily word puzzle called TED Tumblewords Read moreWhile the government isn’t going as far as to demand Google spin out its Android business, it’s leaving the option open The possibility of an Android spin-out could hang over Google’s head to incentivize it against circumventing other remedies, but the government says a spin-out could also be mandated should those other solutions prove ineffective at restoring competition to the market The DOJ says Google might even choose divestiture itself if the company doesn’t want to comply with some of the other rules the government is proposing against self-preferencing Google Search in Android
The Department of Justice says that Google must divest the Chrome web browser to restore competition to the online search market, and it left the door open to requiring the company to spin out Android, tooFiled late Wednesday in DC District Court, the initial proposed final judgement refines the DOJ’s earlier high-level outline of remedies after Judge Amit Mehta found Google maintained an illegal monopoly in search and search text advertising The filing includes a broad range of requirements the DOJ hopes the court will impose on Google — from restricting the company from entering certain kinds of agreements to more broadly breaking the company up The DOJ’s latest proposal doubles down on its request to spin out Google’s Chrome browser, which the government views as a key access point for searching the web
The possibility of an Android spin-out could hang over Google’s headWhile the government isn’t going as far as to demand Google spin out its Android business, it’s leaving the option open The possibility of an Android spin-out could hang over Google’s head to incentivize it against circumventing other remedies, but the government says a spin-out could also be mandated should those other solutions prove ineffective at restoring competition to the market The DOJ says Google might even choose divestiture itself if the company doesn’t want to comply with some of the other rules the government is proposing against self-preferencing Google Search in AndroidOther remedies the government is asking the court to impose include prohibiting Google from offering money or anything of value to third parties — including Apple and other phone-makers — to make Google’s search engine the default, or to discourage them from hosting search competitors
It also wants to ban Google from preferencing its search engine on any owned-and-operated platform (like YouTube or Gemini), mandate it let rivals access its search index at “marginal cost, and on an ongoing basis,” and require Google to syndicate its search results, ranking signals, and US-originated query data for 10 years The DOJ is also asking that Google let websites opt-out of its AI overviews without being penalized in search resultsIn response, Google published a blog post saying the DOJ’s proposed remedies go “wildly overboard” The post, attributed to Alphabet’s Chief Legal Officer Kent Walker, says the DOJ is pushing “a radical interventionist agenda that would harm Americans and America’s global technology leadership
”The DOJ will file a revised version of its proposals in early March, before the government and Google return to the DC District Court in April for a two-week remedies trial It’s the second stage of the litigation, with Mehta now tasked with determining the best way to restore competition in the marketsThe remedies trial will take place with a new administration overseeing the DOJ, which could impact the sorts of solutions it ultimately pursues But the case was originally filed during the first Trump administration, which suggests Google won’t be entirely off the hook
The DOJ says Google might even choose divestiture itself if the company doesn’t want to comply with some of the other rules the government is proposing against self-preferencing Google Search in Android.Other remedies the government is asking the court to impose include prohibiting Google from offering money or anything of value to third parties — including Apple and other phone-makers — to make Google’s search engine the default, or to discourage them from hosting search competitors. It also wants to ban Google from preferencing its search engine on any owned-and-operated platform (like YouTube or Gemini), mandate it let rivals access its search index at “marginal cost, and on an ongoing basis,” and require Google to syndicate its search results, ranking signals, and US-originated query data for 10 years. The DOJ is also asking that Google let websites opt-out of its AI overviews without being penalized in search results.In response, Google published a blog post saying the DOJ’s proposed remedies go “wildly overboard.” The post, attributed to Alphabet’s Chief Legal Officer Kent Walker, says the DOJ is pushing “a radical interventionist agenda that would harm Americans and America’s global technology leadership.”The DOJ will file a revised version of its proposals in early March, before the government and Google return to the DC District Court in April for a two-week remedies trial. It’s the second stage of the litigation, with Mehta now tasked with determining the best way to restore competition in the markets.The remedies trial will take place with a new administration overseeing the DOJ, which could impact the sorts of solutions it ultimately pursues. But the case was originally filed during the first Trump administration, which suggests Google won’t be entirely off the hook.Google and the DOJ are scheduled to deliver closing arguments in a separate antitrust case playing out in Alexandria, VA on Monday, regarding its advertising technology business.Update, November 21st: Added Google’s response.
