Google’s plan to revolutionise cities is a takeover in all but name

Parent company Alphabet would provide services in response to data harvestedLast June Volume, a leading magazine on architecture and design, published an article on the GoogleUrbanism project. Conceived at a renowned design institute in Moscow, the project charts a plausible urban future based on cities acting as important sites for “data extractivism” – the conversion of data harvested from individuals into artificial intelligence technologies, allowing companies such as Alpha