What to Watch for in the Google Antitrust Verdict

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Google answers about 90% of all internet search queries worldwide. In 2020, the Justice Department filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit alleging that Google uses anticompetitive tactics to preserve a monopoly for its search engine and related advertising business. The trial began last year, and closing arguments wrapped last week. WSJ reporter Miles Kruppa is here to talk about what the looming verdict might mean for Google, and for other big tech companies. Plus, visions for how artificial intelligence can change work don’t have to be in the far future—WSJ contributor Alexandra Samuel has been experimenting with a number of AI tools that she says are already bringing practical benefits to her work. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.8	C.K.uk. Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Thursday, May 9th. I'm Alex Ocela for the Wall Street Journal.
0:40.0	Coming up on today's show, instead of waiting for artificial intelligence to solve problems in the future,
0:45.2	why not let it take on some of your most tedious everyday tasks now?
0:49.0	W.S.J. contributor Alexandra Samuel tells us how she's using AI tools in her work.
0:55.3	And then, closing arguments recently wrapped in the Justice Department's antitrust case
0:59.7	aimed at Google Search.
1:01.3	We'll hear from W.S.J. reporter Miles-Crupa on when we might expect a verdict
1:05.2	and what that could mean for big tech.
1:11.1	But first, there are lots of far-off visions of how AI could change the future.
1:16.0	But in fact, there's plenty that AI could do for us right now.
1:20.0	W.S.J. contributor Alexandra Samuel has been experimenting with a number of AI tools that she says bring practical benefits to her work.
1:27.5	She walks me through a few of the ways she's found AI to be most useful.
1:31.5	Alex, let's walk through some of the work problems that AI can help you solve.
1:35.8	How can it help if you lose track during a meeting?
1:38.3	The most important thing is AI can only help you keep track of a meeting if you have your AI system set up before the meeting.
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