Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified in court regarding the potential antitrust remedies proposed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Following a ruling that found Google violated antitrust laws, the DoJ is seeking significant changes, including requiring Google to sell its Chrome browser and share key data with competitors. Pichai argued that these measures would threaten Google's innovation and investment in research and development, potentially undermining the capabilities that have allowed the company to lead in technology for decades. He described the proposals as extraordinarily far-reaching, equating them to a divestiture of their intellectual property.
Pichai stated that the government's proposal would lead Google to make fewer investments in new technology, impacting their long-standing research and development capabilities.
He characterized the DoJâs remedies as a 'de facto divestiture' of Googleâs intellectual property, allowing competitors to reverse engineer their technology stack.
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