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Kaustubh Bagalkote

Google Built Android To Protect Its Ad Empire, Not AI, Says Perplexity's Aravind Srinivas: Says OS Must Be Reengineered For Agentic Future

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Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas challenged Alphabet Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system design on Tuesday, claiming the platform prioritizes advertising revenue over artificial intelligence capabilities.

What Happened: “Android needs to be rebuilt for AI. It’s currently optimized for preserving Google’s ad business rather than a truly agentic OS,” Srinivas wrote on X, targeting the tech giant’s mobile strategy amid intensifying AI competition.

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