For years, Google has positioned itself as a champion of the open web, regularly touting the vitality and robustness of the digital ecosystem. However, in a legal battle over its advertising dominance, the company recently claimed the open web’s decline is so severe that breaking up its ad business would only accelerate damage, harming publishers who rely on open-web display ad revenue.
“Some AI shops are good actors. OpenAI is a good guy,” said Vogel. “The worst guy is Google.”
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