Google wants you to use its phones less and its AI more - but who's buying it?

Center-Right: <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/17/secrets-share-ai-openai-meta-google-anthropic" rel="noopener nofollow">What happens to what you share with AI — www.axios.com
Center-Right: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-17/billionaires-open-purse-to-fight-california-wealth-tax" rel="noopener nofollow">Billionaires open the purse to fight California wealth tax — www.latimes.com
Center: <a href="https://reason.com/2026/08/17/west-virginia-wants-to-use-data-centers-to-eliminate-its-income-tax/" rel="noopener nofollow">West Virginia Wants To Use Data Centers To Eliminate Its Income Tax — reason.com

Source: www.zdnet.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Right · Published: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:10:00 GMT

Google is leveraging our poor relationship to technology to sell its new phones - the same relationship it had a hand in creating.