Publishers sitting pretty in Google and Microsoft's epic AI dance off

Microsoft CEO says he fears Google will throw its $1.7 trillion war chest at publishers to buy exclusive rights to news content to win the war for GenAI

Oct 03, 2023

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A billion-dollar lifeline was thrown to the publishing industry yesterday as the tech-tonic battle between Google and Microsoft over AI flared up in an antitrust court.

On the stand was the Department of Justice’s bombshell witness, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. And he didn’t disappoint.

He warned Judge Amit Mehta that Google would only extend its dominan…

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