googlers are the best part of google www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
re: google shopping agents: given their extraordinary investment in AI, AI firms need to monetize their investment as quickly as possible. this means a tried & true playbook for big tech: 1) leverage existing customer base, 2) gain access to more of their data, 3) run ads!
re: apple deal: by falsely touting genAI would usher in a new era of competition for google, us v. google failed to sanction much of the behavior that allowed google to amass so much power in the first place, ironically paving the way for this partnership that further concentrates google's power!
the idea that AI was going to disrupt—and not entrench— google's dominance in the search market has been flawed from the start! www.techpolicy.press/decision-in-...
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in both pieces of news today (google shopping ads coming to search or enabling a competitor's search assistant (!!!!!)), we see the idea that genAI will somehow unseat google's search dominance is proving to be completely false. no one can monetize their base (or strike a partnership) like google.
highly recommend @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social’s full interview on CNN refocusing the conversation around Anthopic’s fallout with the Pentagon on the pressing issue at hand: the US military is integrating LLMs across its systems despite their failure to meet existing safety and reliability standards
my latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social on the US v. Google search antitrust case and just how badly the court missed the opportunity to contend with Google’s power in the genAI market. genAI won’t magically unseat Google’s market dominance, as the court suggests, it will only deepen it
in the wake of us v. google, i wrote for @techpolicypress.bsky.social how generative AI is not going to magically unseat a dominant firm like google: it's going to enable it to become even more dominant. news in the past 24 hours shows exactly this (see thread!) www.techpolicy.press/decision-in-...
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Google will continue to enjoy the fruits of its search monopoly to secure its success in the generative AI market, writes Kate Brennan.
