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A U.S. courtruled in Augustthat Google has a hunt monopoly , and while Google appeal , the Justice Department is reckon out what kind of likely penalties to impose — likebreaking off Chrome .
As part of this process , the DOJ wants to call on a specific witnesser , according to a recent royal court filing : Dmitry Shevelenko , chief business officer ofPerplexity , an AI search provider most recently valued at $ 9 billion , per Reuters .
Perplexity and other procreative AI tools like OpenAI ’s ChatGPT Search have emerged as a potential permutation for searching the internet , as they can offer direct answers to complicated interrogation ( albeit , sometimes with made - up or inaccurate entropy ) . Google has responded to the scourge with its own AI hunt tools , such as AI Overviews , which supply AI - generated answers above lookup solvent .
The DOJ need to ask Shevelenko about “ generative AI ’s family relationship with Search Access Points , statistical distribution , barriers to entry and enlargement , and data point share-out . ”
“ Search access point ” is a terminal figure the DOJ uses to describe things like Google Chrome — plaza where people go to seek the internet .
While the filing does n’t spell out exactly why the DOJ need to ask Perplexity about these topic , it could help its argument that Google monopolizes the hunt business sector and closes out potential contender , and thus deserve unattackable penalties .
TechCrunch asked Perplexity whether it has agreed to have its executive testify and for its thought on the antimonopoly case . Perplexity did n’t respond like a shot to a request for comment , and neither did Google .
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Perplexity is efficaciously caught in the centre of the dispute , as both side want information from it that could help their cases . Google subpoenaed Perplexity in October for companionship documents to make its own shell that it has feasible competition in the search field . ( Google subpoena Microsoft and OpenAI as well . )
However , Perplexity has yet to leave “ a individual document ” to Google as of December 11 , the tech giant keen in a court filing , exact that there is “ no imaginable justification for further wait ” after two months of waiting .
For its part , Perplexity says in the filing that it has already agreed to fill 12 out of Google ’s 14 document petition but is “ still measure the gist associate with pull together such a potentially expansive population of documents . ”
Perplexity also tell that while it has agreed to put up copies of licensing agreements “ connect to AI training , ” Google want all of Perplexity ’s licensing agreement and that it has asked Google to “ meet and confer ” about this .
