DOJ Told Google To Sell Chrome + 2 More Tech News

1. About Selling Google Chrome Browser

The U.S. Department of Justice - DOJ is ramping up pressure on Google, suggesting the tech giant should divest its Chrome browser to curb its alleged monopolistic practices in the online search market. This recommendation comes after District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled in August that Google was abusing its dominance in search. According to the DOJ, Google’s control of both Android and Chrome makes it difficult to enforce remedies that would foster fair competition in the search landscape.

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2. Anthropic Secures Billion from Amazon

AI research firm Anthropic has scored a massive billion investment from Amazon, cementing their collaboration. Under the deal, Anthropic will use Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its primary cloud provider for training its generative AI models. The partnership extends to hardware innovation, with Anthropic teaming up with AWS’ chip division, Annapurna Labs, to advance AI-focused technologies like Trainium accelerators. With this latest funding, Amazon’s total investment in Anthropic has reached billion.

3. OpenAI Accused of Erasing Key Evidence in Copyright Case

In a copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times and Daily News, OpenAI faces allegations of destroying potential evidence. The publishers claim OpenAI engineers accidentally wiped search data on a virtual machine meant to examine whether copyrighted content had been used in training its AI models. OpenAI has yet to respond to the claims publicly.

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