Google's biggest problem in my opinion (and I'm saying that as an ex-googler) is that Google doesn't have a product culture. Google had the tech for something like ChatGPT for a long time, but couldn't come up with that product. Instead it had to rely on another company showing it the way and then copy them and try to out-engineer them...
I still think ultimately (and somewhat sadly) Google will win the AI race due to its engineering talent and the sheer amount of data it has (and Android integration potential).
I still think ultimately (and somewhat sadly) Google will win the AI race due to its engineering talent and the sheer amount of data it has (and Android integration potential).