SCOUT· 65%1h 36m·2026-08-07·TechnologyWhat's behind the Google AI shakeup
Google underwent a big AI shakeup this week, leaving a lot of people wondering whether there are big problems on team Gemini. David and Nilay start the show by discussing what's next for Jeff Dean and Demis Hassabis, before diving into the ways in which Google and Reddit have become existentially, problematically…
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