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Re:Googlebook by dccoolgai on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @02:21PM (#48112213)
AI polls lower than "congress". People hate it - they hate it so much. They probably _wanted_ to call it that but someone who knows anything put their foot down.
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Re:Googlebook by taco_emoji on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:00PM (#48112789)
CongressBook it is!
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Re:Googlebook by riffraff on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @02:30PM (#48112334)
buth the very first two bits of copy are about "intelligence" and "gemini". If they wanted to stay away from AI as branding they didn't do a great job.
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Re:Googlebook by overgard on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @09:01PM (#48116621)
I think they're implying that they might not want to damage the "Pixel" brand.
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Re:Googlebook by riffraff on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @02:24AM (#48118474)
Ah that makes sense, thanks.
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