GLaM, Gopher, LaMDA. Google alone has plenty of huge LLMs. ChatGPT is a sample of where AI currently is at, and many people were just taken by surprise because

GLaM, Gopher, LaMDA. Google alone has plenty of huge LLMs. ChatGPT is a sample of where AI currently is at, and many people were just taken by surprise because they didn't expect AI to be at the current level. OpenAI had to raise funds and interest, and got a home run.