March 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on

Friday dropped a proposal to force Alphabet's Google

to sell its investments in artificial intelligence companies,

including OpenAI competitor Anthropic, to boost competition in

online search.

The DOJ still seeks a court order requiring Google to sell

off its Chrome browser and take other measures aimed at

addressing what a judge said was Google's illegal search

monopoly, according to court papers filed in Washington.