Google CEO Sundar Pichai talked about merging Google AI with software and hardware at the Pixel 2 launch event earlier this month. Google is taking hardware seriously after years of experimentation. But it doesn't have a chance at becoming another Apple or Samsung. Instead, Google's hardware division will be used to sneak the company's AI technology into everything else. read more http://www.businessinsider.com/google-hardware-plan-trojan-horse-2017-10