Alphabet's Google proposed on Friday a loosening of its agreements with Apple and others to set Google as the default search engine on new devices, in a bid to address a U.S. ruling that it unlawfully dominates online search.

Google dominated the last era of search. Now the company and the US Justice Department are battling over how to set a fair playing field for generative AI.

However, Google's proposal would make the deals non-exclusive, the company said in its filing."We don't propose these changes lightly," Google said in a blog post about the proposal. "They would come at a cost to our partners by regulating how they must go about picking the best search engine for their customers.

The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), the country's antitrust watchdog, is expected to find Google guilty of violating its Anti-Monopoly Act. According to

Google proposes to ease exclusivity deals with third parties to resolve its antitrust situation in the US. The DOJ’s list of proposals included abandoning Google Search exclusiv