More than any other company, Google needs to succeed in AI. AI chat has already replaced search engines for many people. Nearly all of Google’s revenue comes from advertising.

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watwut 3 days ago | parent [-]

Funny enough, that was googles choice. And They made the search worst was consciously as a business strategy, because worst search meant more queries.

And they forced ai on top of search because they wanted to.

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munk-a 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

They're a dinosaur and have forgotten how to innovate and provide new value. This is what complacency and shifting your business to focus on regulatory capture ultimately leads to.

	▲	ncruces 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Are their competitors more energy efficient somehow? This is a thread about them not being able to meet carbon neutrality commitments because of AI, which they feel they need to because competitors are eating their lunch. Are the competitors not eating their lunch? Are they doing so because they're more green? Otherwise what are they expected to do? Not compete? “Innovate” themselves out of not needing energy consuming AI?

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dmbche 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Shit, I hadn't had that thought but it's self evident, the "worse search = more queries". Thanks for the insight.