The arrival of OpenAI's ChatGPT in November 2022 flung open the floodgates to the current global fervor over artificial intelligence (AI). The new technology was so astounding that some predicted OpenAI would spell doom for Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) and its Google search engine business. In fact, Google was declared an illegal monopoly, but the judge presiding over the case, Amit Mehta, didn't dispense harsh penalties, explaining "The emergence of GenAI changed the course of this case." He s ...