AI subscribers filed a federal antitrust suit on September 19 accusing Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google of coordinating to slow AI development.
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OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Are Quietly Building a Joint AI Standards Body
The three frontier AI labs have held working-group meetings since July, modelling a proposed self-regulatory body on FINRA that would test models before deployment.
Judge Orders Google to End Rigged Ad Auctions but Rejects DOJ Demand to Break Up AdX
US District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled on September 2 that Google must stop self-preferencing in digital ad auctions but declined the Justice Department’s request to force a divestiture of the company’s core ad exchange.
Marvell Grants Google a $12.2 Billion Stake Option in Custom AI Chip Alliance
Marvell Technology issued Google warrants to buy 58.97 million shares at $206.58 each, tied to a chip partnership covering AI inference accelerators and networking components that could yield $120 billion through 2033.
Google Gemini Crosses One Billion Monthly Users
Sundar Pichai announced on August 11 that the Gemini app has passed one billion monthly active users, making it the fastest-growing product in Google’s 28-year history.
Google Launches Pixel 11 With 120x Zoom and AI Sign Language Transcription
Google unveiled Pixel 11 with 120x Super Res Zoom, AI sign language transcription via DeepMind, and Gemini Intelligence automating tasks across more than 40 apps.
Google’s $1.5 Billion Mechanize Bid Follows Its Playbook to Skirt Antitrust
Google is in talks to pay $1.5 billion to license AI startup Mechanize’s coding-agent benchmarks and hire its team, using a structure designed to sidestep antitrust review of outright acquisitions.
Gemini 3.5 Pro Misses Third Deadline, Alphabet Loses $200 Billion in a Day
Bloomberg reported on July 16 that Google’s Gemini 3.5 Pro is months behind internal targets due to coding failures, wiping roughly $200 billion from Alphabet’s market cap in a single session.
Google delays Gemini 3.5 Pro to July 17 for a ground-up architectural rebuild
Google DeepMind abandoned the Gemini 2.5 Pro base architecture and pushed the 3.5 Pro launch to July 17, opting for a complete rebuild to close performance gaps in mathematical reasoning and SVG generation before competing releases from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Europe’s top court upholds 4.1 billion euro Android antitrust fine against Google
The ECJ upheld a 4.1 billion euro fine against Alphabet on 5 July in a final ruling on Google’s anticompetitive Android app-bundling and search-default practices in Europe.