In addition to the full 115-page opinion for the Google adtech antitrust ruling, here's Judge Leonie Brinkema's order formally dismissing the advertiser-side claim (Count III). It also directs DOJ & Google to submit a schedule for arguing remedies on the other three counts.
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OpenAI Releases GPT-4.1 API, Introduces o3 and o4-mini Models
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Here's the AI News I came across this week (it's a lot) – What have I missed? – OpenAI releases GPT‑4.1 in API
– OpenAI introduces o3 and o4‑mini models
– OpenAI adds image gallery in ChatGPT
– OpenAI plans to retire GPT‑4 model soon
– OpenAI will sunset massive GPT‑4.5 model
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Google Challenges Antitrust Ruling on Market Monopolization
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Google is downplaying ruling's impact, arguing the court misinterpreted antitrust precedent and misapplied legal standards around monopolization and tying. It also sees the court ruling in its favor re: the advertiser tools market could strengthen Google's appeals case.
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Google antitrust verdict: publisher ad server market violation
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Google is also portraying the verdict as a victory. Despite the court ruling Google violated U.S. antitrust laws in the markets for publisher ad servers and ad exchanges, Google wasn't found guilty of monopolizing the advertiser ad network market.
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DOJ Wins Landmark Antitrust Case Against Google’s Digital Monopoly
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First up, the DOJ is celebrating the antitrust ruling as a "landmark victory in the ongoing fight to stop Google from monopolizing the digital public square." I also noticed the quotes in the DOJ's press release mention an issue the #adtech trial wasn't even about: censorship.
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Justice Department and Google React to Major Antitrust Ruling
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I've been focused all afternoon reporting/writing about the verdict, but finally have time to share a bit more about the ruling — and reactions from @TheJusticeDept and @Google about the opinion. I'll share a thread here w/ some thoughts about what both sides & observers noted.
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Gemini 2.5 Flash: Unified Reasoning Model Launches
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Gemini 2.5 Flash is here, our first unified reasoning model with thinking budgets. It’s on the perato frontier and punches above its price and size!!
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Grace’s Top 100 AI Companies Initiative Shows Promise
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love what grace did, tried manus to do top 100 ai co's worldwide, not bad to start – needs improvements https://t.co/5VQbetjnb4 pic.twitter.com/R1IensUfW1
— Ben Tossell (@bentossell) 17 avril 2025love what grace did, tried manus to do top 100 ai co's worldwide, not bad to start – needs improvements
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Comparing AI Progress: ChatGPT versus Mistral
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While ChatGPT gallops toward AGI, Mistral stagnates with a goldfish's IQ.
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o3 Model Praised as Game-Changer With 120k Token Context
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Je pense que o3 ne relève pas d'un simple battage médiatique : de tout ce que j'ai vu, la hype est justifiée. un game-changer je pense. Le contexte à 120k tokens avec 100% de précision ? Ça ouvre des usages qu’on n’osait même pas modéliser il y a 6 mois.