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… And the metaphor you used was a cupcake and you said, “We work on the cupcake and we make the cupcake bigger and all the local teams work on the icing.” Is that still the metaphor? Yeah, that’s a fair metaphor. …
… Anthropic doesn’t have image generation or video generation products. …
… Having billions of products available for purchase within Gemini is great for Google, but retailers need something in return. Srinivasan says Google does not currently take a cut of sales or a commission for products purchased. …
… Microsoft will need top talent to fend off the competition, yet leadership shakeups and departures in recent months haven’t slowed. …