Emily and Mike are mad this week. Join the dynamic duo as they dissect the disaster of Google AI Overviews stealing from content creators, then stealing the eyeballs and ad revenue of people looking for that content. A big new deal with Apple could make it worse. Superintelligent also tackles the inevitable dorkiness of smart glasses and the mental health risks of constant connectivity and personal AI assistants. And Mike and Emily share tales of driving blind in El Salvador and wandering the deserts looking for aliens. Are they real or not?
Links
Apple, Google Sign Deal to Use Gemini AI to Help Build the Future of Siri
Google Flexes Another AI Advantage
Warby Parker, Google to launch AI-powered smart glasses in 2026
A Man Bought Meta’s AI Glasses, and Ended Up Wandering the Desert Searching for Aliens to Abduct Him
Ziff Davis AI layoffs - https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThBSo421/
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Setting the Scene
01:06 The Impact of AI on Website Traffic
04:08 Google’s Content Monetization Strategy
06:31 Navigating the Future of AI Personal Assistants
12:25 Apple and Google’s Strategic Partnership
18:52 The Future of Smart Glasses and AI Integration
22:03 The Future of Smart Glasses
24:43 Wearable Tech in Industry
27:42 The Psychological Effects of AI
29:39 The Balance of Digital and Physical Exploration
31:42 Beliefs About Aliens and Exploration
Keywords
Google, Apple, Google AI Overviews, artificial intelligence, Google Gemini, Apple Intelligence, iPhone AI features, personal AI assistant, smart glasses, Ray-Ban Meta, wearable technology, Ziff Davis, layoffs, web traffic decline, digital marketing, SEO strategy, AI impact on journalism, tech news, Superintelligent podcast, Mike Elgan, Emily Forlini, UFO sightings, alien theories, government drones, mental health in tech, digital detox, generative AI, large language models, Google Apple partnership, future of search, Project Astra, AI hallucinations, tech commentary.
Disclosures
We used Gemini Pro 3 via Kagi (my son and our producer, Kevin, works at Kagi) to 1) generate keywords from the transcript (most of which we used); 2) suggest topics to link to (some of which we used); and 3) write a first draft of the show summary paragraph (which we heavily edited). We recorded and edited the episode using Riverside and used Riverside’s “Magic Audio” (which boosts and normalizes the audio).
