Mollick: Gemini 4 launch shows Google following trends, not its usual product innovation
emollick · x · 2026-10-15
Ethan Mollick argues Google's AI strength has always been finding novel uses for its models — it pioneered Deep Research, podcast-from-documents, and NotebookLM. But with Gemini 4, he sees no comparable product innovation at launch, mostly trend-following.
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