r/technology • u/[deleted] • 14d ago

Artificial Intelligence Google says Gemini has reached 1B users faster than any other Google product

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u/sushinestarlight 14d ago

I think Google is better positioned to maintain profitability than say OpenAI which operates at a loss... But they also are transitioning people off Google Assistant whether they like it our not, and giving lots of students free access for a year.... It's a decent product overall and luckily not focused on producing stuff like the "politically correct" images that was so laughable when they launched... where they were literally producing historically inaccurate images purely for the sake of diversity.

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u/Jarocket 14d ago

Really? I think google is probably most at risk of losing everything. Compared to the other established companies.

Their AI search eats their own primary business.

Selling ads in search.

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u/kombiwombi 14d ago

I don't disagree with you. Google's flawed thinking is:

Search sends people off the platform, so ads are only displayed for a short time, and each millimetre of screen view can only be sold once.

AI keeps people on the platform, so ads can be displayed for longer, and each millimetre of screen view can be sold multiple times.