News Google Built Android To Protect Its Ad Empire, Not AI, Says Perplexity’s Aravind Srinivas: Says OS Must Be Reengineered For Agentic Future – Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)6 days ago Aravind Srinivas of Perplexity asserts Google designed Android to safeguard its ad empire, not to advance AI. He calls for a fundamental OS reengineering to support an agentic future amid rising competition with Apple.