Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down. Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.
This week's biggest Google news was actually about Apple. Has Apple finally accepted that it needs Google's help in the AI department? Will the companies hold each other in solidarity as they face the DoJ?
Links and Show Notes:
Apple and Google Are Discussing a Deal to Bring Generative A.I. to iPhones
Apple in Talks to License Google Gemini for iPhone, iOS 18 Generative AI Tools
DOJ sues Apple over iPhone monopoly in landmark antitrust case
Google restricts election-related queries for its Gemini chatbot