alt Hacker NewsRunning AI at a loss long enough to kill the competition would run afoul of antitrust laws. Even more so since they’re bundling their AI products with their search monopoly.
Although I doubt this will stop them if they think it’s advantageous…
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I thought that these type of antitrust laws are in no way enforced anymore in the tech industry. And that it's been that way for decades. I mean the sheer existence of Google shows that right? What about Maps, Mail, Books... basically everything apart from Search? Why would an AI Mode as one category of Search results be any different? They're not actively promoting Gemini in those search results. They're simply augmenting it with this new tool that exists now.
> run afoul of antitrust laws
Now, that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.
> antitrust laws. Even more so since they’re bundling their AI products with their search monopoly.
couldn't this just be framed / spun as just using search data as training? i don't seem being bundled enough to run afoul with anti-trust.
> Running AI at a loss long enough to kill the competition would run afoul of antitrust laws.
Running at a loss long enough to kill the competition is basically the name of the game these days.
When Uber started, they were basically setting VC money on fire by selling rides at a loss to destroy the taxi market.
Who's going to enforce antitrust laws in this environment, pray tell?
>would run afoul of antitrust laws
Buwahahahahahahahhahah
They drop a little cash on some shitcoin the president controls and those problems go away.
Lower real operating costs isn't the same thing as below cost pricing.
US law here is nuanced. Good quick primer https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/gui...