IIn 2026 when we think of AI, the names that come to mind are OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek and the likes. But this used to be different, very different 10 years ago. Then if someone mentioned AI, it was certain that their next word would be Google.This is because Google has been OG in the world of AI. In 2017 I attended Google IO, the annual conference where the company showed all the new stuff it was working on. Writing from Mountain View, I filed a piece with the headline — I/O 2017 shows Google is no longer a search company,…