[sahaj]

One bold difference it seems between the companies is that Apple idea cycle lives around the release of the iPhone or hardware, though may change in the future. Google, on the other hand, is the complete opposite. The idea cycle is always ongoing (think core app updates) and hardware is an afterthought or accompanies later. This likely will lead to different outcomes for AI implementation for each respective company.

"the promise of extracting new insight from all sorts of data pools will not always be met."

While certainly true, we can all agree that not having access to these data pools is a disadvantage.