Alphabet said it continues to see growth in search volumes despite Apple flagging a threat from artificial intelligence.

Speaking during Google’s antitrust trial, Apple senior vice president of services Eddy Cue floated the possibility of a new AI-focused search partnership.

Mainly: What happens to the company if lots of people start using AI engines to answer questions instead of Google's dominant search engine? Now it looks like that might actually be happening. Apple executive Eddy Cue says searches on Apple's Safari browser shrank for the first time ever in April — a change he chalked up to people using AI instead.