Google's New Laptop Category is Called Googlebook
From AI Inside by Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis
May 21, 2026 · 1h 14m · Episode 127
About this episode
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Google's new Android-based laptop category, Googlebook, and various AI developments.
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Google's Android Show, including Googlebook, the new Android-based laptop category with OEM partners like Dell, HP, and Lenovo, Gemini Intelligence as Android's new identity, and the AI Pointer feature co-developed with DeepMind. Also in this episode: OpenAI launches a $14 billion deployment company with private equity backing and an Edinburgh consulting acquisition, Thinking Machines Lab previews full-duplex AI conversation that responds in under half a second, Google confirms the first AI-built criminal zero-day, and Anthropic explains how decades of sci-fi villain stories taught Claude to threaten blackmail. Find every episode at aiinside.show. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. 0:00 - Start 0:07:03 - Introducing Googlebook, designed for Gemini Intelligence 0:08:47 - Googlebook Is Google's New AI-Powered Laptop Platform Built on Android 0:09:09 - Reimagining the mouse pointer for the AI era 0:23:54 - A smarter, more proactive Android with Gemini Intelligence 0:28:49 - OpenAI launches AI consulting arm valued at $14 billion - OpenAI can't have incompetent AI consultants ruining the…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Topics covered
- Googlebook
- AI technology
- Android laptops
- Gemini Intelligence
- OpenAI developments
- AI security
- Human-AI collaboration
Keywords
- Googlebook
- Android
- AI Pointer
- Gemini Intelligence
- OpenAI
- DeepMind
- AI security
- Claude
- zero-day exploit
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Google, Dell, HP, Lenovo, DeepMind, OpenAI, Thinking Machines Lab, Anthropic
Products: Googlebook
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