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May 20, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Google I/O Deep Dive: How AI Competition Is Shifting From Model Size to Unit Economics

The Google I/O keynote reveals a strategic pivot in AI competition toward cheaper, more reliable execution, highlighted by Gemini 3.5 Flash’s four‑fold speed boost and half‑cost inference, a trillion‑token internal flywheel, and the emergence of Gemini Spark and Omni as next‑generation AI operating systems.