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The AI Playbook: Core Concepts, Future Direction, and the Companies Set to Win or Lose

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Oct 09, 2025
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Table of Contents

  • Ongoing AI costs may be higher, which could curb frontier AI adoption and lower switching costs

  • Generative AI will open the long tail of commerce

  • Large language models are still a big deal making rapid progress

  • Superintelligence is not imminent

  • Google is the Vertically Integrated AI Company

  • Smaller and Efficient Models Outperform Larger LLMs

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