Google’s latest earnings snapshot has a simple, headline‑friendly takeaway: the AI race that began in earnest with ChatGPT’s breakout in early 2023 has become a three‑horse sprint, and Alphabet is no longer the trailing contender — it is visibly closing the gap with OpenAI. In Alphabet’s Q4 2025...
Google’s advertising leaders have quietly drawn a clear line: Gemini the assistant stays ad‑free for now, even as Google races to fold advertising into other AI experiences where commercial intent is clearer and measurement is less fraught. Dan Taylor, Google’s vice president of global ads, told...