Google's New AI Plans Are Bleak, at Least for Everyone in the Real World
Commentary: At Google I/O 2026, the tech giant was obsessed with talking to itself. From the outside, it felt remorseless and exhausting.
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Remember those upbeat newscasts in The Hunger Games, filled with big smiles, snazzy music cuts and flamboyant outfits? It's all exciting and opulent for the few -- while the rest of the population faces starvation, uncertainty and fear.
I kept thinking about that pointed contrast during Google I/O this year, with the many ways the company wants to force Gemini on us. Just exchange the flamboyance for the elevated basics of tech-bro clothing, and the similarities resonate.
The developers' presentationwas filled with flashy pitches (most of it created with Gemini AI). Everyone was having a great time on stage -- shopping, planning block parties, scheduling family times and dancing to AI-fueled music. It was incredibly insular; Google seemed more interested in lauding itself than...
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