by Raphael Dudler | Jul 2, 2026 | google ai
The EU Court of Justice today dismissed Google’s final appeal and upheld the €4.125 billion fine for abusing Android’s dominance — ending an eight-year legal fight with no further recourse. The original 2018 case was about forcing Google Search as the default. But the Android machine the court just ruled on is now the same machine distributing Gemini and Google’s AI to billions of devices. gafam.ai reads today’s ruling through the one lens the mainstream coverage misses: AI distribution.
by Raphael Dudler | Jun 5, 2026 | google ai
Google AI Mode — the AI-powered search experience that has already reduced click-through rates to publishers by up to 61% — surpassed 1 billion monthly users this week. The same week, a security researcher disclosed that Gemini API keys remain fully active and usable after explicit deletion — a design flaw with significant enterprise security implications. And European consumer group BEUC filed Digital Services Act complaints against Google, Meta and TikTok over financial scam ads. Three Google stories. One European perspective. gafam.ai.
by Raphael Dudler | May 31, 2026 | google ai
Google is not updating Search. It is rebuilding it. A new feature lets Google generate custom visuals, interactive graphics and fully functional mini-apps directly on the search results page in response to queries — without the user ever clicking a link. Combined with Gemini Spark’s agentic capabilities and Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol, Google Search is becoming something that has no historical precedent. gafam.ai examines what this means for publishers, advertisers, European regulators and the future of the open web.
by Raphael Dudler | May 29, 2026 | google ai
A Fortune commentary published this week makes the most explosive argument in AI journalism of 2026: Sam Altman deliberately reframed AI as an intelligent mind rather than an expensive pattern-matching system — and panicked Sundar Pichai into embedding AI Overviews into Google Search, systematically destroying the $237 billion advertising revenue that is Google’s entire commercial foundation. gafam.ai examines the argument — and what it means for Europe.
by Raphael Dudler | May 20, 2026 | google ai
Day 2 of Google I/O 2026 fills in the details that the keynote left out. Gemini Spark — Google’s 24/7 personal AI agent — requires AI Ultra at $100 per month. Sundar Pichai told the audience that artificial general intelligence is “just a few years away.” Ask YouTube turns Google’s video platform into a conversational AI search engine. And Google is moving from prompt limits to a compute-based usage model that charges by complexity, not by query. The implications for European users and regulators are significant.
by Raphael Dudler | May 18, 2026 | google ai
Google I/O 2026 is confirmed. Gemini 3.2 Flash — not 4.0 — deploys simultaneously across Search, Maps, YouTube, Gmail and Chrome for billions of users. Android XR glasses from Samsung, XREAL, Warby Parker and Gentle Monster get their first public preview. Gemma 4 open-weights launch commercially. Google Health Coach arrives at $9.99 per month. This is not a capability story. It is a distribution story. gafam.ai — the European eye on Big Tech and AI.
