"Kanter’s fantastical remedies like Chrome divestiture and AI opt-outs have no connection to the Justice Department’s original case, and requiring Google to share data with rivals will only make Google search worse for consumers," Kovacevich said, predicting the proposed remedies won't "hold up in court.”

Now, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, may be forced to sell Chrome. The browser, which was launched in 2008 and integrates with Google’s search engine, is used today by some 3.4 billion people worldwide.

The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to ask a judge to consider pushing Alphabet’s Google to divest its Chrome browser, according to reports Tuesday, as the Biden administration’s top antitrust officials makes a last push to crack down on the tech industry before leaving office.