Google’s chatbot is as capable as ChatGPT, but it won’t be launched now due to reputational risk: Sundar Pichai

Sundar Pichai and Jeff Dean were asked whether the search giant had missed an opportunity with the launch of the ChatGPT.

Pichai and Dean replied that Google’s AI language models are equally effective as OpenAI’s, but that the business had to move “more conservatively than a small startup” due to the “reputational risk” presented by the technology.