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4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 6, 2021 by Sridhar Ramaswamy · across every show →

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May 6, 2021 negative

Opinion

Ramaswamy: Advertising creates an inherent conflict of interest for search engines

“Ads in some sense in a very strong sense are a conflict of interest for the search engine. Should they show you an ad or should they show you the best result? And over time, you know, the answer is more and more ads.”

Sridhar Ramaswamy May 6, 2021 ▶ 19:27 Why Ex-Google Ads Boss Sridhar Ramaswamy is Building An Ads-Free Search Engine

May 6, 2021 neutral

Assertion Partly supported

Ramaswamy: Google always allowed cross-property data sharing for logged-in user ads

“Whenever you are signed in across different Google properties, it was always the it was always okay for that information to get moved around to show you ads. that was always part of the equation.”

Sridhar Ramaswamy May 6, 2021 ▶ 43:58 Why Ex-Google Ads Boss Sridhar Ramaswamy is Building An Ads-Free Search Engine

Apr 4, 2025 positive

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Suleyman: Advertising will play an enormous part in AI search

“I still think ads are going to play an enormous part of it. Hopefully those ads are higher quality more personalized, more useful.”

Mustafa Suleyman Apr 4, 2025 ▶ 46:30 Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman: Building AI Personality

Jun 22, 2026 neutral

Prediction Held up

Kantrowitz: AI platforms will inevitably use personal interaction data for targeted ads

“So will AIs build an amazing sort of profile of you based off of all the personal data and then use that for ads? Most certainly.”

Alex Kantrowitz Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 19:03 Are AI Glasses Over? + Big Technology AI Summit Audience Questions

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