The Department of Justice will ask a judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome internet browser as part of its recommendations on how the web giant should be punished for illegally monopolizing the internet search market, reports Bloomberg.

Antitrust officials also plan to recommend that federal judge Amit Mehta require measures related to artificial intelligence and its Android smartphone operating system and impose data licensing requirements, according to sources who spoke with the news outlet.

Mehta branded Google as a ruthless monopolist in a landmark ruling issued in August, saying its ubiquitous search engine had been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation.

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