“Google currently has over 160 designers, engineers, executives, and other staff working on the project ‘Magi’.”
Samsung is negotiating with Microsoft to make Bing the default on Galaxy phones and tablets, and Google found out. The response is Magi, an AI search project rushed toward a barebones May launch for at most one million US users. Samsung’s real prize is a better deal, lower Google Mobile Services licensing for instance. Default search is a toll booth, and Samsung just found out it owns one.