Google's AI Push Masks a Deeper Issue: AdSense Remains the True Internet Monopoly

Google is aggressively investing in artificial intelligence to close the gap with cloud rivals Amazon and Microsoft. However, the search giant's real stronghold remains its AdSense advertising network, which continues to dominate the digital ad market and faces growing antitrust scrutiny. While AI services like Gemini and cloud AI tools are touted as the future, critics argue that Google's ad empire, not its AI ambitions, is the true monopoly worth watching.