🔎 GOOGLE’S NEXT AI PLAY IS NOT JUST SMARTER MODELS. IT’S DIGITAL WORKERS. Google has introduced autonomous AI coworkers capable of executing tasks across applications, maintaining context between sessions and collaborating with other AI agents. These digital workers can have their own email addresses, calendars and organizational identities. But the most consequential detail is Google’s willingness to integrate rival AI models, including Anthropic’s Claude. That signals a potentially significant shift in the economics of artificial intelligence. The competitive advantage may increasingly belong to whoever controls the infrastructure that assigns work, coordinates models, manages permissions and integrates AI into actual business operations. The implications extend beyond productivity. If enterprises begin deploying persistent digital workforces, the value of AI could migrate from individual model subscriptions toward the platforms managing entire workflows. The technology remains...