[xnx]

Google is going slow. They might be behind, but we haven't seen their best effort yet. Google has a 540 billion parameter model.

[nicpottier]

So they say, and I agree this seems likely. But until they release it that's all talk, and they have plenty of incentive to release it.

[nr2x]

And plenty of reason not to: search ads.

[nr2x]

Google also has Sundar and Ruth who’d rather focus on how to get another ad on the SERP than kill the golden goose. They’re not going slow, they just don’t have the leadership for the moment.