Google privately told a federal court that “the open web is already in rapid decline,” a sharp reversal from its public claims that search traffic is booming — and a stunning admission as the Justice ...

Google is asserting that web traffic is not suffering because of AI tools and that its search engine directs visitors to an unprecedented array of websites. But last week, Google contradicted this ...

Google is under intense scrutiny for making contradictory statements about the health of the open web, even as publishers and industry critics are seeing issues with how it siphons content for its ...

Google, which has often defended the strength of the internet ecosystem, has admitted in a recent court filing that the open web is "already in rapid decline." The statement comes as part of the ...

Google said in a legal filing last week that the open web "is already in rapid decline." The company later said this was being misinterpreted and filed a clarification with the court. Google execs ...

Like Meta, the company opened access to its technology to outside programmers, but kept its most powerful system under wraps. By Cade Metz and Nico Grant Cade Metz writes about artificial intelligence ...

In the most significant legal ruling against a major technology giant in more than two decades, a federal judge says Google illegally monopolized online search and advertising by paying companies like ...