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Re:Alphabet Becomes the Most Valuable Public Company in the ... by cowsandmilk on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @08:31AM (#11019300)
but serving appropriate ads can be well served by AI. There may be a question of the increased margin that can come from keyword-based to AI-based ads, but it is there.
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Re:Alphabet Becomes the Most Valuable Public Company in the ... by toxican on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @08:45AM (#11019350)
Utilizing/developing AI doesn't define your company as an AI company though. All of that has consistently been second to the advertising. Almost everything they do ties back into their advertising business in someway. They're an advertising company with a lot of (awesome) side projects.
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