Dave Morin: Google's new AI model is worse than top competitors
Dave Morin · Google I/O Just Killed SEO? Agentic Search, Universal Cart, and the New Web · More or Less Podcast · May 22, 2026 · at 12:32
Dave Morin reacts skeptically to Google's announcements at Google I/O, contrasting with Brit Morin's positive outlook.
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“The most reason, the model's not even competitive. What's not competitive about it? It's not competitive. Like, it's just less good than every conceivable benchmark. It's less good than five, five and, ah, four, seven. Like, meaningful. Like, you wouldn't use it.”
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