Being AI’s plans to replace Google

Being AI’s plans to replace Google
Group CEO David McDonald is 93% certain in a future where traditional search is out and AI agents do our browsing for us. (Image: Being AI Group)
Ben Moore
Being AI wants to be the company to displace traditional search and replace Google.At the company’s first annual general meeting since it reverse listed on the New Zealand Exchange (NZX), Being AI Group chief executive David McDonald presented the company’s vision for the future and how it is building the infrastructure to underpin it.Speaking to BusinessDesk following the presentation, McDonald said that the technology the company is working on will “completely replace traditional search”.At the AGM, chair Sea...

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