It does matter, because Google is an important actor in this “industry”. Even if it doesn’t represent a monolithic “googles thoughts on AI” it is interesting a

It does matter, because Google is an important actor in this “industry”. Even if it doesn’t represent a monolithic “googles thoughts on AI” it is interesting and newsworthy to consider how at least some folks who work at Google think about the recent developments. If Google goes on a AI-everything spree and forces it awkwardly into all their products a la Google+ — this may indicate how and where AI will be useful to people (or not).