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Can Google still dominate search in the age of AI chatbots?
For the first time in a generation, its monopoly is under threat. After two years of false starts, the company is trying to regain the initiative.
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Google has signalled that part of the answer is a departure from its free, ad-funded model.
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At Google’s flagship conference for developers last week, co-founder Sergey Brin made a surprise appearance to emphasise just how important artificial intelligence will be to the company’s future.
Mr Brin revealed that he was working in Google’s AI lab every day, pushing its engineers to be the first to achieve artificial general intelligence, a system that surpasses the ability of humans.
