Anthropic, a San Francisco startup often cast as an independent player in the AI race, has deeper ties to Google than previously known. Court documents

The internet giant owns 14% of the high-profile artificial intelligence company, according to legal filings obtained by The New York Times.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google can keep its existing investments in artificial intelligence startups like Anthropic, but would be required to notify antitrust enforcers before investing in any more AI companies under a revised Justice Department proposal filed Friday in the agency’s landmark antitrust case over search.