Ethan Mollick: Google returning to the frontier would change the AI dynamic
emollick · x · 2026-09-13
Ethan Mollick notes that if Google manages to return to the AI frontier, it would change the current dynamic, since Google is a large, public, regulated entity with different goals than Anthropic or OpenAI. He caveats that he has no secret knowledge, only general judgment on the mixed statements circulating on X.
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