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In contrast, Google’s approach was portrayed as more aggressive and forward-thinking. Over the past year, Google, under Demis Hassabis and with projects like Gemini, has begun to overcome prior execution challenges. The company is now integrating AI into core products more deeply and breaking down siloed experiments.
The pivotal lesson emphasized is that companies must be willing to sacrifice their existing business models to innovate—Google appears to be embracing this risk, viewing AI less as a feature and more as the central entry point into the future of the company’s ecosystem.