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by jonknee 3788 days ago
They use AI to sell advertising and services (be it search relevancy, contextual awareness, filter out spam, etc)...

The reason why it's not incorrect to call Google an AI company is that Wall Street thinks they'll be able to shake out ever more cash from their machines in the future because of their position in ML and AI. It's their competitive edge and one that becomes more and more valuable as software continues to eat the world.