Why Google fell behind in the AI race

When it comes to AI, Google’s Gemini does not have the same household recognition that Claude and ChatGPT do. One big explanation: the innovator’s dilemma. We explain how Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is trying to fight a lumbering company’s constraints to build AI superintelligence.

Sebastian Mallaby’s book is The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/752231/the-infini…)

Fact checking by Sierra Juarez (npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez).

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