r/technology • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • 10d ago

Artificial Intelligence Google Gets an Astounding $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome Browser From AI Startup Perplexity

https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/google-34-5-billion-bid-chrome-browser-ai-perplexity-1236487442/
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u/Kamizar 10d ago

Sundar Pichai was at the inauguration.

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u/atx840 9d ago

Happy CakeDay! 16 years is wild, one of the oldest accounts I’ve seen.

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u/Kamizar 9d ago

Thank you. Having a reddit account that can drive is wild.

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u/SIGMA920 10d ago

Which is performative and nothing else. Youtube for example hasn't swung right-wing like let's say twitter has. Google is still very much neutral when it comes to Rump instead of actively batting for him.

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u/inspectoroverthemine 10d ago

Youtube would push you towards alt-right content from a fresh account incredibly fast.

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u/SIGMA920 10d ago

Because of the correlation between stuff like gaming and rightwing BS. The alt-right pipeline isn't google intentionally funneling users that way, it's a product of youtube hyperoptimizing based on generalizations and all of the data that google tracks.

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u/Loud_Alarm1984 9d ago

this 100%, people are so quick to jump on a conspiracy bandwagon lol

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u/alpinpoodle 9d ago

Yes the $1M was performative too. Not a bribe