Google benefits from doing nothing as AI frontier moves faster
cocktailpeanut · x · 2026-08-21
Argues that Google isn't falling behind just because it's not constantly pushing out SOTA models. As the frontier moves faster and competition gets harder, Google benefits more by doing nothing, leveraging its massive ecosystem to catch up later.
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