Google going from colorful to gray
The downstream consequences of Google's graying loom large: a talent exodus, stale products, and an overreliance on its advertising cash cow.

Just two months after Google launched Gemini, its flashy new AI model, the company revealed that it had already built a better version. Gemini 1.5, Google said, was bigger, faster, and more capable than its predecessor. The February 15 announcement, outlined in a giddy 1,600-word blog post replete with sizzle reels, prompted buzzy coverage among AI researchers and the tech press.

For a few hours, anyway.