Google released a benchmark to evaluate AI research agents—then topped its own leaderboard. The company built the infrastructure, defined the test, and declared itself the winner. Competitors without integrated search can't compete on tasks designed around Google's architecture.

#AIBenchmarks #TechMonopoly

https://www.implicator.ai/google-turns-research-agents-into-infrastructure-and-writes-the-test-theyre-graded-on/

“Switching Costs: The Quiet Force Trapping Users Online”

Cory Doctorow explains how high switching costs distort user choice, weaken moderation options, and reinforce platform lock-in.
This episode explores the rise of platform consolidation, the loss of user agency online, and the path toward a federated, interoperable, democratic internet.

🔗 Full episode: https://youtu.be/4KXJyfl7hBg

#FediVerse #OpenWeb #DigitalRights #TechMonopoly #Podcast #TheInternetIsCrack

Cory Doctorow: How Big Tech Broke the Internet

Watch the full conversation. https://youtu.be/4KXJyfl7hBg

#OpenWeb #DigitalFreedom #TechMonopoly #TechDiscussion #Podcast #TheInternetIsCrack

🤔 What's really behind the call to "learn to build on the ideas of others" broadcasted by Microsoft? We should be cautious, especially given its past history of the "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" strategy it's used for dominance in the past.

➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/inconvenient-truth-behind-convenience-using-others-ideas-xegze/

#OpenSource #Microsoft #TechMonopoly #DigitalLabour #DeveloperCulture #EthicalTechnology #DigitalFeudalism #SoftwareFreedom #TechPhilosophy #TechPrivilege #DigitalColonialism #AntiCapitalism #LeftTech #TechForGood #PlatformJustice

💸 Zuck Poaches His Way to AI Domination

#TheInternetIsCrack #AIWars #TechMonopoly #MetaMadness

Is Google's entertainment venture a bid to reshape public perception of Big Tech's influence? #Google #TechEthics #TechMonopoly

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/google-is-making-tv-and-movies-to-convince-you-that-tech-is-not-evil/

Google’s monopoly just got legally smashed—but will it matter?

#TheInternetIsCrack #Antitrust #GoogleTrial #TechMonopoly #TooBigToFail #PlatformPower