Alphabet, Inc.'s stock prices fell after The New York Times reported that Samsung is considering ditching Google as the default search engine on its phones in favor of Microsoft's Bing. The DOJ has fixated on Google's apparent pay-to-play model, noting that paying to maintain default status has "harmful effects on competition and consumers." Microsoft's Bing has languished for years behind Google. But Bing saw a surge of interest with the launch of its AI chatbot, which relies on OpenAI's GPT model.

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