THE US Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing whether Alphabet's Google violated antitrust law in its agreement with Character.AI that allows the tech giant to use the artificial intelligence (AI) startup's technology, Bloomberg Law reported on Thursday.
THE US Department of Justice is probing whether Alphabet's Google violated antitrust law in its agreement with Character.AI that allows the tech giant to use the artificial intelligence startup's technology, Bloomberg Law reported on Thursday. Antitrust enforcers have recently told Google they are examining whether the company structured the agreement with Character.AI to avoid formal government merger scrutiny, the report said, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
AI did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, while the DOJ declined to comment. The DOJ can scrutinize whether the deal itself is anticompetitive even if it did not require a formal review, the report said, adding the antitrust probe was in the early stages and may not lead to an enforcement action. Other tech giants have struck similar deals in the past year in their push for growth in the heated generative AI race.
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