Google might be 'locking up' AI market, senior Microsoft executive says
By Jean Comte ( May 7, 2026, 15:08 GMT | Insight) -- Google has the capacity to "entrench itself again at the heart of the AI ecosystem in a way that causes significant harm to the whole ecosystem," Nicholas Banasevic, a Microsoft vice-president, said on Thursday. He compared Google's strategy to the one it pursued in web search 20 years ago.Google has the capacity to "entrench itself again at the heart of the AI ecosystem in a way that causes significant harm to the whole ecosystem," senior Microsoft executive Nicholas Banasevic said on Thursday. ...
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