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> Google's goal, according to Jenson, is to create a Jarvis-like assistant that keeps users locked into Google's ecosystem. The company is driven by the fear that someone else might get there first...

> ...Apple is pursuing a similar AI lock-in strategy with Siri, Jenson believes.

I remember when Microsoft got sued for including a web browser in Windows. Oh how anti-trust has fallen.




> I remember when Microsoft got sued for including a web browser in Windows. Oh how anti-trust has fallen.

The case was more complicated than you’re suggesting, and a lot less relevant.

Which of these companies are you suggesting has the monopoly position in the phone market? Apple? Google?

Which other OS-level AI voice assistants are being prevented from competing in this case? This isn’t like a web browser download where the marginal cost is negligible download bandwidth. Voice assistants are expensive to develop and run. They’re investments made in the product being sold.

Most importantly: What outcome do you even want? That the government forbid companies from developing AI integration into their own platforms because it might make people more loyal to those platforms?


Yes, but there's recently been an antitrust case filed against Apple for the lock in strategy.


I remember when Microsoft got sued for including a web browser in Windows. Oh how anti-trust has fallen.

Microsoft Windows enjoyed a staggeringly huge market share at the time.

They even managed to charge PC manufacturers a tax on computers with Linux preinstalled instead of Windows.




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