Google's future is useful, creepy and everywhere: nine things learned at I/O
by Olivia Solon in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#2PWZD)
With Google Assistant coming to the iPhone, the company hopes to kill off Siri and wants to 'see' inside your home as it reiterates its AI-first approach
There were whoops and cheers from developers as Google announced the incremental ways it is strengthening its grip on many aspects of people's lives at its annual developer conference, Google I/O.
There were no jaw-dropping major product launches nor executives proclaiming their utopian vision of the future (ahem, Mark Zuckerberg). Instead there was a showcase of features, powered by artificial intelligence, designed to make people more connected - and more reliant on Google.
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