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...and exposed the AI Agent accountability problem. "OpenClaw, abandoned packages, Google's closed pivot, and Anthropic's recursive self-improvement report all point to the same problem: autonomy arrived before accountability."
...mizing for, so there isn't a ton of variance. We didn't mind this too much with Google Search. Google went out of its way to not have strong beliefs that colored the output. Anthropic is all about having strong moral beliefs.
If you showed a Google search engineer from 15 years ago today's results page they'd faint. Not only do many queries have AI-generated results. But also, every result above...
...ere I live, and finding information I know for a fact I've never volunteered to Google. Intellectually, I know that Google knows an incredible amount about me — add up my emails, my calendar, my photos, and my search history, and you've...
... a new indirect prompt injection technique that enables attackers to manipulate Google Gemini through seemingly benign notifications, exposing how AI assistants can be tricked into performing unauthorized actions without the user's know...
...inal to turn on a dangerous developer feature. The fact that Bits and Bobs is a Google Doc is itself a form of gauntlet. The gauntlet tests two things: 1) Does the user have the capability to make it through the gauntlet? 2) Does the us...
...ther professional help. Review the risks." Helluva warning! Back in the days of Google Toolbar, a warning like this would have deliberately been designed to draw your attention. In red text: "Please read this carefully, it isn't the usu...
WhatsApp and Google Doc are the only two viable collaboration tools because enough people have accounts. Those are the lowest common denominator coordination tools.
...eet: "it's in gemini, just create it in ai studio. oh, that's for your personal google one account. for workspace you need gemini business. no, not gemini advanced, that's ai pro now. unless you need ai ultra. oh agents? you do that in ...
...tech is like any other industry. Silicon Valley will look like Detroit someday. Google will increasingly become Procter & Gamble.
Google will launch a proactive agent at I/O this week. Of course, it won't be private. It will be what an advertising company thinks is best for you. That m...
This week in the Wild West Roundup. Google's Threat Intelligence Group saw a 32% relative increase in malicious Indirect Prompt Injection between November and February in the wild. Gemini CLI:...
An analysis: What Google thinks you're worth. The methodology almost certainly comes to the wrong number, but it's directionally correct. Rich users are worth a ton of money ...
...ys. Despite being basically the same as Benihana, it has much better reviews on Google. It has more soul. It feels less optimized. It's authentic and rougher in a way that makes it feel human, not corporate.
The list of apps on your phone is like Yahoo before Google. A manually-curated directory. Inherently limited. We still haven't figured out the Google equivalent for the most important computing in our lives.
...n't trust it with your data. At least flows cobbled together out of things like Google Forms don't have to build their own security posture.
The default Google platform pitch: "Developers, we are so excited for you to tell us why this thing we built is useful!"
Google's PageRank paper is legendary. People forget that it wasn't just about an emergent and clever ranking algorithm. Just as mindblowing (and perhaps mor...
This week in the Wild West Roundup: A real Google Maps place page with tons of prompt injection in the comments. 'Comment and Control': Claude Code, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot Agents Vulnerable to Pr...
Google threatening to kick a user off their Gmail for personal use of the APIs to access your own data would be a nuclear option. This is assuming the reaso...