Will Google Become Our AI-Powered Central Planner?
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Key Points:
- Google announced that its AI product Gemini will access user data across Gmail, YouTube, Google Photos, and Search to provide personalized chatbot assistance, enhancing recommendations for products and services based on intimate user knowledge.
- Google secured a deal with Apple to integrate Gemini into Siri and foundational models, extending Google's generative AI dominance into the critical mobile ecosystem, reinforcing its market power and data advantage.
- Google introduced a Gemini-powered ad service and open protocol enabling personalized pricing and dynamic offers for merchants, partnering with major retailers like Walmart, Visa, and Home Depot, signaling a shift toward AI-driven price coordination and potentially centralized market control.
- Concerns have been raised about Google’s increasing role in price-setting and market structuring, with critics warning this could lead to
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