Google recently dodged corporate dismemberment in US federal court, in part, thanks to one District of Columbia federal judge’s “hope” that AI industry innovation will prevent the need for what he described as “an incredibly messy and highly risky break-up” that the US Department of Justice proposed as a solution to the tech giant’s monopolistic conduct in Internet search and search advertising markets. The decision is likely welcome news for Meta Platforms, which is banking on arguments about AI innovation in its fight against a break-up bid from US Federal Trade Commission antitrust litigation targeting Facebook’s acquisitions of WhatsApp and Instagram.