Microsoft CEO testifies that Google will expand search dominance with AI
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It sounds like even the CEO of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) uses Googleâs (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) search engine. 
âYou get up in the morning, you brush your teeth and you search on Google,â Satya Nadella said on the stand on Monday at Googleâs (GOOG) (GOOGL) antitrust trial, referring to the dominance of the app. 
And now with AI, Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) will have an even greater dominance over the search market. In comparison and despite investing $100B, Microsoftâs (MSFT) rival search tool Bing is a âvery, very low share player,â Nadella testified. 
âBut we continue to persist in it because we think of it as a software category we can contribute to.â Nadella said. âItâs a hard game to make any breakthroughs.â
The U.S. Department of Justice is accusing Alphabetâs search division of unlawfully maintaining a monopoly by paying $10B a year to make its search engine the default option. Google denies the allegations. The government is using the case of Bing and the mighty power of Microsoft (MSFT) behind as evidence that even with massive resources, no one can trump Google (GOOG) (GOOGL).
The Mountain View, Calif.-based company started incorporating its AI software, Bard, into search in March. Nadella said that Google could accelerate its current lead by using the massive profits it makes from search to pay for exclusive rights to content it can use to make its search AI better than rivals, Bloomberg reported.
Last week, Microsoft executive Jonathan Tinter testified that the company was unable to seal a deal to put Bing on Apple (AAPL) products even though it was reportedly offering better terms than Google (GOOG) (GOOGL).
Even Microsoftâs (MSFT) own phone is required to use Google search to license the Android mobile operating system.
Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) is up 50% year-to-date, while Microsoft (MSFT) is up 33%.

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