Google’s Best Week Ever, AI’s Rising Costs, Putin and Xi’s Immortality Quest

Google had the best week, maybe ever, breaking Gemini ground with Apple and fending off the feds. AI's costs are rising, or are they? And is immortality within reach? That's coming up on a jam-packed Big Technology Podcast Friday edition, right after this. This episode is brought to you by Genesis.

What does it actually take to put Agentic AI to work across an entire enterprise? I recently spoke with Genesis chairman and CEO Tony Bates about why orchestration is emerging as a competitive advantage in customer experience and what companies need to get right in the AI era. Then, I sat down with Adam Mitchell, head of Enterprise Business Solutions at Voya Financial to go inside a large-scale Agentic CX transformation, including the business decisions, trade-offs, and lessons along the way. You can watch both conversations now on my YouTube channel today. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition where we break down the news in our traditional cool-headed and nuanced format.

We have a great show for you today. We're going to talk all about the amazing week that Google has had, everything from fending off the Justice Department and getting to keep Chrome and Android to the fact that Gemini might be a big part of Apple's new plan for Siri. And of course Of course, there's nano banana. We'll talk about that.

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