Ripping you off Stage 3
Gemini is useful and everywhere in Google’s surfaces, and Google is replacing Assistant with it on most Android phones whether users asked or not. Default placement plus a forced switch: stage 3.
- Since
- 2023
- Category
- AI
- VC-backed
- Yes
- Public
- Since 2004 (NASDAQ: GOOGL)
- Website
- gemini.google.com
The promise
Its first promise, and how much is kept · Scoring
80% kept
“the chance to make AI helpful for everyone, everywhere in the world.”
Why it’s rated 3
The criteria it meets, with sources · Method
- Alignment 0 of 3
- None
- Lock-in 1 of 4
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- L4 Gatekeeper or default
- Extraction 1 of 7
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- E7 Worse defaults Mar 14, 2025
- Decline 0 of 3
- None
Result Two or more extraction criteria, or lock-in plus at least one, so stage 3.
News signals
Sourced reporting, tagged by strategy
Mar 14, 2025
Google to replace Assistant with Gemini on most Android phones
AI upsellSelf-preferencing
Dec 11, 2024
Feb 8, 2024