Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended the company's practices during his testimony at a major antitrust trial in Washington, D.C. Pichai pushed back against accusations that he encouraged internal communications to be hidden from enforcers. He also acknowledged the importance of making Google's search engine the default on laptops and smartphones, which is a key point in the antitrust fight. Pichai mentioned that Google pays billions to maintain its search engine as the default option and to secure preload exclusivity on a device-by-device basis. Google executives also downplayed the company's AI position during the trial.
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"We pay for preload exclusivity on a device-by-device basis," Google CEO Sundar Pichai said during testimony in the big antitrust trial taking place in Washington, D.C. https://t.co/uJ7t6rj04f
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