[nostrademons]

I think the key difference between Google and IBM is that Google has shown a clear interest in AI, and practice of it is pretty pervasive throughout the company. There's a world of difference between "The largest tech company that can fund a team of experts" and "The largest tech company that is funding multiple teams of experts to actively work on the problem."

[xerophtye]

>I think the key difference between Google and IBM is that Google has shown a clear interest in AI

Umm... What about Watson?

[DanBC]

Google needs AI for its core product.

Better search is an AI problem. What did the user ask for versus what did the user want to ask for?