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Re:Google Got Its Groove Back and Edged Ahead of OpenAI by afavour on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @10:42PM (#46536931)
But Google has your Gmail inbox, your photos, your maps location history…
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Re:Google Got Its Groove Back and Edged Ahead of OpenAI by Ianjit on Thursday January 08, 2026 @12:54AM (#46537693)
I think an OpenAI paper showed 25% of GPT usage is “seeking information”. In that case Google also has a an advantage from being the default search provider on iOS and Android. I do find myself using the address bar in a browser like a chat box.

https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/a253471f-8260-40c6-a2cc-aa93fe9f1...

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Re:Google Got Its Groove Back and Edged Ahead of OpenAI by no-name-here on Saturday January 10, 2026 @09:11AM (#46565860)
> your maps location history

Note that since 2024, Google no longer has your location history on their servers, it's only stored locally: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/06/g...

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