Microsoft se está quedando dormida al volante mientras código oculto revela el gran impulso de Google en Windows AI

Google una vez acudió a los reguladores antimonopolio para forzar la apertura de la búsqueda de escritorio de Microsoft. Casi 20 años después, código oculto muestra que está construyendo una capa de IA a lo largo del propio Windows.

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RUNTIMEWIRE INVESTIGATION — Scoop

Original reporting by RuntimeWire, based on reverse engineering, documents.

Por qué importa

Microsoft posee Windows. Google posee el reflejo del consumidor de “buscar en Google.” La IA le da a Google la oportunidad de extender ese hábito desde la web hacia archivos, aplicaciones y cualquier cosa que esté ocurriendo en la pantalla de un usuario.

Reporting record

Finding

RuntimeWire established that a Google Windows executable compiled on September 6, 2026 contains unreleased infrastructure for continuous Search Live conversations, mouse- and window-triggered AI, File Explorer integrations, selectable tools and models, structured screen extraction, and an Agent Task mode.

How we verified

Methods: reverse engineering, documents.

The strongest evidence is the examined executable's PE timestamp of 2026-09-06 17:33:27 UTC, SHA-256 hash 2c7c0bff4ac5ce6cff16c2cc067b365f29a6c7d6ce81e671023e12d7307cb50a, feature flags, implementation names, Windows integration paths, tool and model identifiers, and Chromium strings describing a system-wide Search with Chrome surface.

RuntimeWire examined and reverse-engineered the Google Windows executable, including its PE metadata, feature flags, code and interface identifiers, error states, Windows event handling, shell integration paths, tool and model catalogs, and content-extraction structures, then compared those findings with Google's public Windows and mobile product documentation and Chromium strings.

Tested versions:

  • Google for Windows / WGA version 1.0.21.1

Reproduction

RuntimeWire partially reproduced the finding.

Reverse engineer the latest google.exe binary from September 6th, 2026

File hashes

  • SHA-256 hash 2c7c0bff4ac5ce6cff16c2cc067b365f29a6c7d6ce81e671023e12d7307cb50a : google.exe

Company response

The company was not contacted before publication.

Writer’s notes — Microsoft is falling asleep at the wheel as Google plans a big push into Windows — Writer’s notes — Microsoft is falling asleep at the wheel as Google plans a big push into Windows Core thesis Google’s Windows app launched…

Hace casi 20 años, Google se quejó ante los reguladores antimonopolio de EE. UU. de que Microsoft estaba usando Windows Vista para perjudicar a Google Desktop Search. El Departamento de Justicia intervino y, en 2007, Microsoft aceptó permitir que los usuarios y los fabricantes de PC eligieran un producto de búsqueda de escritorio competidor y que Windows respetara esa elección.

Ahora Google ha regresado dentro de Windows, con ambiciones que parecen extenderse mucho más allá de la búsqueda de escritorio.…

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