Google Monopoly Ruling to Carry Influence in Emerging AI Field

A decisive court ruling branding Alphabet Inc.'s Google an illegal monopolist in the search market is set to carry consequences for the development of the artificial intelligence space and the tech giant’s position in it.

Google, through exclusive deals with Apple Inc. and others to be the default search engine on smartphones and web browsers, stifled competition for search services, Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court for the District of Columbia wrote in an Aug. 5 ruling.

Through those practices, the company gained an enormous advantage in terms of scale, which serves as a “critical input” for producing ...