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A start-up called Perplexity shows what’s possible for a search engine built from scratch with artificial intelligence.

Google’s parent company reported that sales climbed 13 percent to $86.3 billion while profit jumped 52 percent.

The agency plans to scrutinize Microsoft, Amazon and Google for their investments in the A.I. start-ups OpenAI and Anthropic.

The company, which has been working to trim expenses, laid off employees who worked on core engineering, the Google Assistant product and hardware such as the Pixel phone.

Donald Trump’s former fixer had sought an early end to court supervision after his 2018 campaign finance conviction. He enlisted the help of Google Bard.