Apple's senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, believes that AI services could potentially disrupt Google's dominance in search more effectively than other search engines like Bing or DuckDuckGo.
Cue returned to a courtroom in Washington, DC, where he testified in the Justice Department's trial against Google's search monopoly, pointing out advancements in generative AI technology that could challenge Google's monopoly.
Eddy Cue was present in the current remedies trial to defend a significant source of Apple's revenue, which comes from the payments Google offers for default search engine placement on Apple's Safari browser.
Following a trial in 2023, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google illegally monopolized the online search market, partly due to agreements like the Safari deal. The DOJ and Google are now presenting potential solutions to address this issue.