Jessica Lessin Pushes Back on NYT's "AI Also-Ran" Label for Google
zacharynado · x · 2026-08-07
Jessica Lessin, founder of The Information, disagrees with The New York Times calling Google an "AI also-ran." She argues that there are many games to play in AI, and not everyone is playing the same game. Lessin highlights that just two months ago, people were calling OpenAI an also-ran, which shows how fast narratives change. She believes that viewing the AI horse race as a months-long sprint rather than a years-long marathon misses the industry's actual trajectory.
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