What Happens When AI Search Meets Antitrust?

Imagine you're in a big classroom where one student, Google, has been controlling the questions and answers for years. Now, the Justice Department is checking if Google is playing fair or hogging all the attention. They want to talk to Dmitry Shevelenko, the business boss of Perplexity, a new AI search company. Perplexity and others like ChatGPT are trying to change how we find info online. Google's got its own AI tricks, too, but the DOJ thinks Google might be making it tough for newcomers.

Perplexity's stuck in the middle, with both Google and the DOJ asking for its help. Google's been waiting two months for Perplexity to hand over its homework, and they're not happy. But Perplexity says it's doing its best to share the right stuff. This antitrust case is like a big debate, where everyone's trying to figure out who gets to ask the questions and who listens to the answers.

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