On Tuesday, the U.S. federal government and a majority of state governments announced their intention to appeal the decision in the Google antitrust case. However, the U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general have yet to reveal specifics regarding the grounds for their appeal. It is widely speculated that the appeal will center on the judge's decision not to compel Google to divest its Chrome browser business or terminate its default search engine cooperation agreement with Apple.

Google, for its part, has also filed an appeal against the judgment, requesting the judge to suspend the order that mandates it to share data with competitors during the appeal process. The entire appeal procedure is expected to span several months.

The judge opted against imposing more stringent remedial measures, citing the emergence of generative AI companies over the past five years since the lawsuit's initiation as already posing a competitive threat to Google. This ruling marks a significant triumph for Google but constitutes a setback for U.S. antitrust enforcement agencies, which have observed that judges frequently exhibit reluctance to intervene in the rapidly evolving tech market.