Google Search judge zeroes in on AI power in trial resolution

The federal judge who will decide how to limit Google’s monopoly in search is looking closely at its power in a more nascent market: artificial intelligence.

On Friday in US District Court in Washington, Alphabet Inc.’s Google and the Justice Department began answering Judge Amit Mehta’s final questions in the government’s monopoly case against the search giant. It will be up to Mehta to decide whether to break up the company and reshape the internet or impose more limited penalties.

Mehta’s first questions to the government focused on…