Google Says It Won't Force Gemini on Partners in Antitrust Remedy Proposal

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December 21, 2024, 2:15 PM

• •Google proposed a series of restrictions that for three years would bar the company from requiring its device manufacturer, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to their US users.
• •Google also would give those partners more flexibility in how they set their default search provider for their users.
• •The company on Friday formally rejected the idea of selling off any piece of its business or turning over more information to rivals.

Google's generative AI Gemini Assistant chatbot may have to do so without some of the promotional partnerships that helped thrust Google search front and center into Americans' lives. Google proposed a series of restrictions that for three years would bar the company from requiring its device manufacturer, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to their US users. Google also would give those partners more flexibility in how they set their default search provider for their users.

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