Ministry of Justice, Google’s dominance in the search engine market is being questioned a new step taken in its name. The ministry wants to further investigate Google’s artificial intelligence strategies and identify the changes needed to reduce its dominance. This new step is seen as an important development to ensure that Google complies with competition rules.

During a hearing in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Google and the Department of Justice whose representatives admitted that Google had created an illegal monopoly Judge Amit MehtaGathered for. Mehta’s decision ends the first phase of the trial over whether Google violated antitrust law. Now the parties will move to the second phase, in which remedies will be proposed to correct illegal behavior and ensure competition in the market.

Google’s AI name change, strategy updates on Justice Department agenda

Attorney David Dahlquiststated in court filings that they needed more information to understand Google’s business strategies over the years. Former caseabout Google’s deals dating back to the early 2010s. But now the company’s artificial intelligence strategies are also on the agenda; while the name of Google’s artificial intelligence system was Bard last year, it has now changed to Gemini. More detailed information about these changes is being requested.

Right Mehtaproposed to implement this phase in the first half of next year. This process will be shorter than the ten-week trial period that began last September; it will likely last a week or two. The parties are expected to present a new timeline next Friday.