Google Paid Samsung ‘Enormous Sums’ for Gemini AI App (2)

Alphabet Inc. pays Samsung Electronics Co. an “enormous sum of money” every month to preinstall Google generative AI app, Gemini, on its phones and devices, according to court testimony, even though the company’s practice of paying for installations has twice been found to violate the law.

The company began paying Samsung for Gemini in January, according to Peter Fitzgerald, Google’s vice president of platforms and device partnerships, who testified Monday and Tuesday in Washington federal court as part of the Justice Department’s antitrust case.

The contract, set to run at least two years, provides fixed monthly payments for each device ...