OpenAI's threat to Google's business model was what motivated Google to release LLMs publicly; without this competitive threat, Google might never have commercialized transformers and LLMs.
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Ezra KleinEvidence Quote
“Google does the fundamental research in transformers and releases it publicly... But doesn't do anything with it internally until there's a competitor that threatens them.”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:46:41 PM
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