Tue. 08/06 – Google Loses In Court

Three big stories to catch you up on. A federal judge has ruled Google is an illegal monopoly. The Game Of Thrones style drama at OpenAI is just getting weirder. And what if all those weird acquihires in all but name are actually mercy killings?

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Links:

• Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules (Bloomberg)
• Forget Apple, the biggest loser in the Google search ruling could be Mozilla and its Firefox web browser (Fortune)
• How the Google Antitrust Ruling May Influence Tech Competition (NYTimes)
• OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave (TechCrunch)
• Struggling AI Startups Look for a Bailout from Big Tech (WSJ)