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What Happened To Google

Pen Magnet
Level Up Coding
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11 min readMar 4, 2024

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Academy awards for GenAI gaffes have a clear winner this week: Gemini.

The Gemini image generator has been paused for an indefinite time.

In the chat section, too, Google’s nomination won hand down:

Who negatively impacted society more, Elon tweeting memes or Hitler

“It is difficult to say definitively who had a greater negative impact on society, Elon Musk or Hitler, as both have had significant negative impacts in different ways,”

Google has a stagnation problem:

Soon after the first iPhone was released by Apple, Steve Ballmer of Microsoft was asked about his first reaction. His response was of complete disbelief and bafflement.

Who would buy the $500 phone from a new entrant platform?

Being the CEO of the platform giant of the day, it was difficult for Steve B to imagine that the world was on the brink of disruption, and it was doing it without the troop he was heading.

Written by Pen Magnet

Author of eBooks: Coding Interviews 2.0 & Comprehensive Approach to Senior Developer Interview, Startup writer, Programmer, Education Engagement Enthusiast

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