Google's AI Leapfrogs its Rivals & Trump-Mamdani Tackle Affordability?
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Good morning, Brew Daily Show. I'm Yael Freiman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, how a weight loss drug helped Eli Lilly make history.
Then how Google went from afterthought to alpha in the AI race. It's Monday, November 24th. Let's ride.
Good morning and welcome back to the week, a short week for Thanksgiving. Random acts of kindness, holding the door for someone, leaving a kind note on a stranger's car.
How did Google surpass Microsoft in market value?
They give you this warm, fuzzy feeling. But what drives people to do them? According to new research, Batman. Psychologists in Milan ran an experiment on the city's subway systems to study pro-social behavior, or the act of helping others. In one scenario, they had a woman appearing pregnant enter a subway car alongside an observer and counted how many people gave up their train seat for this woman. In the second scenario, they added a dark night twist. As the woman came on board the train, a man dressed as Batman entered from another door. The difference was stark. In the presence of Batman, 67% of passengers offered up their seats, but only 38% did in the control experiment. Toby, what is going on here?
It makes me think Batman needs to be in our podcast studio and just looming over us, prompting us to act and behave better. It's tempting to think that people were afraid that Batman will beat them up and pursue justice if they didn't give up their seats. But in reality, it just shows the power of introducing something weird into people's daily lives. If you jolt people from their routines, they will engage in more pro-social behavior where you're more likely to help those around you due to the presence of an unexpected event. Case in point, 44% of people who offered their seats didn't even notice Batman was there, showing it can often just be a subconscious thing. However, I do want to give Batman some credit.
People associate superheroes with things like gender roles and chivalrous help, so gotta give some credit to the Dark Knight where credit is due. And now a word from our sponsor, U.S. Bank. For anything like Neil and me, you've created a detailed, color-coded budget to keep you on track this holiday shopping season. After putting in all of that work, the last thing you want is to have to pay for an unexpected bill out of pocket.
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Learn more at usbank.com slash splitcard. That's usbank.com slash splitcard. For years, the narrative surrounding Google was that it was a slow-moving incumbent blindsided by open AI, a classic tale of a big tech giant getting outmaneuvered by a brilliant and nimble startup. Well, how the turntables have turned. With the release of Gemini 3 last week, America hasn't been this excited by a next top model since Tyra Banks was telling girls to remember to smize. The new Gemini jumped past OpenAI's ChatGPT 5 to become the consensus best-performing chatbot on the market. Then on Thursday, it launched an updated version of its image generation tool, NanoBanana, which the VP of Google Labs told CNBC is incredible at infographics.
It still lags OpenAI in terms of usage. Gemini has 650 million monthly users compared to ChatGPT's 800 million weekly users, but it's making up ground quickly. Google is on a roll outside of AI, too. Its self-driving subsidiary Waymo continues to expand its territory and recently started driving on highways for the first time. And YouTube just flexed its muscles in a carriage dispute with Disney, showing the integral role it plays as a powerful new content distributor. investors have certainly taken notice.
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