The new risk Google faces from AI challengers could play a role in the ultimate outcome of a landmark antitrust trial where a judge must decide whether the tech giant illegally monopolized online search. Just last week Microsoft-backed (MSFT) OpenAI debuted a new prototype search engine called SearchGPT and positioned it as a new means of searching the web a potential threat to Google’s long-standing search dominance. Microsoft’s Bing also has generative AI features powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, as well as its Copilot and Prometheus software. Will the new search options necessarily help Google’s defense of its past behavior?
