David Pearce

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14,416 appearances 53 recordings 4 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 18 Sep

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The Vergecast · What's behind the Google AI shakeup · 7 Aug 2026 podcast

But it makes perfect sense to me. voice-verified

And I think is like pretty clearly where this is headed. voice-verified

So they're they're gonna replace him with somebody who is a much more normal operator of a business unit inside of Google who will spend all of his time talking about the new features of Gemini, and that will be the job. voice-verified

Yes. voice-verified

And who is losing the person in Dennis Asabis, who is maybe the single most credible person in the entire AI industry. voice-verified

Yeah, he is the boogeyman to every one of their competitors. voice-verified

Probably is true, by the way, but we can come back to that. voice-verified

Okay, but this c this comes back to voice-verified

Is Google behind, right? voice-verified

Because one way to look at all of this news is Google flailing because it's losing, right? voice-verified

Gemini 3.5 was supposed to come out in June. voice-verified

Now it's August. voice-verified

It's not out yet. voice-verified

There has been some reporting that Gemini 3.5 is not up to the standards that Google was hoping for. voice-verified

Jeff Dean is leaving, Demas Asabas is leaving, like full panic everywhere. voice-verified

is one way to look at all of this news. voice-verified

Another way to look at all of this news is actually Google is continues to be in the strongest position in the AI industry and it's not super close. voice-verified

And maybe go e maybe it doesn't matter if Google has the best model because it's going to win in every single other imaginable way. voice-verified

It has the distribution, it has the the vertical integration that it needs, it has the like sales team that it requires. voice-verified

Like Google can voice-verified

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