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Google search gets an AI makeover

May 22, 2026

Summary

Marketplace Tech discusses Google’s major AI updates at I/O, including a new video generator and an expanded search bar. The episode also covers the backlash against commencement speakers who touted AI’s inevitability to skeptical graduates. Finally, it analyzes Elon Musk’s lost lawsuit against OpenAI, noting how the trial’s revelations damaged the public image of both Musk and Sam Altman.

Topics discussed

Sponsors: Capital One AI and Odoo Google I/O: AI video, glasses, and search updates Analysis: Trust, sources, and agentic AI in search Sponsors: QuickBooks Workforce and Dell Pro Graduates boo commencement speakers for AI optimism Musk v. OpenAI trial verdict and public perception Outro and credits
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