Alphabet Inc.’s Google can keep its existing investments in artificial intelligence startups like Anthropic, but would be required to notify antitrust enforcers before investing in any more AI companies under a revised Justice Department proposal filed Friday in the agency’s landmark antitrust case over search.

As part of the remedies phase of its antitrust case against Google, the DOJ says prohibiting Google’s AI investments could 'cause unintended consequences in the evolving AI space.'

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday dropped a proposal to force Alphabet's Google to sell its investments in artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI competitor Anthropic, to boost competition in online search.