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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/16950456

For those who don't know google gemini is an AI created by google

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 months ago

"We aren't a monopoly because we don't just control web search, we also control all this other tech..."

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago

I mean, it's trained on internet content, and there's probably a lot of articles that say "Google" and "monopoly" in close proximity.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

-a matter of legal and economic interpretation

If there's a possible interpretation that a company is a monopoly, they're a monopoly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree on the merits, but the contrarian in me has to point out that any company is a monopoly through some convoluted interpretation. For example: Logitech has a monopoly on mice and keyboards that work with their proprietary software.

[–] targetx 4 points 2 months ago

Exactly, it's why I don't buy Logitech anymore!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Wait until AGI!

AGI: Yes.

Wait until the sentient robots!

Sentient robots: Yes.

Wait until biological...

Biologics: Glub, glub. Yes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Damn, busted

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

"If you're here about the health advisory that aired on channel six recently, say 'silly ol' advisory.'"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Other search engines use Google for their results. There are very few independent web crawlers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

there are many google alternatives! here are all of them:

  • bing