The US DOJ is continuing its antitrust case against Google, accusing the tech giant of illegally maintaining a monopoly in online search.

In what will come as some solace for Google, the DOJ dropped its proposal to curb Google's AI acquisitions. AI startup, Anthropic, which has a considerable investment from Google, told the court last month that losing the funding could cede some of its product's advantage to rivals like Microsoft and OpenAI.

According to the DOJ, divesting Chrome from Google’s ecosystem would restore competition and offer rival search engines a more level playing field. In its court submission, the DOJ described Google as an “economic goliath” that “wreaks havoc over the marketplace to ensure that — no matter what occurs — Google always wins”.