> but they've innovated (Bard is the subject in the Op and a pretty big AI innovation) Bard has yet to be released or evaluated and they are already using mark

> but they've innovated (Bard is the subject in the Op and a pretty big AI innovation) Bard has yet to be released or evaluated and they are already using marketing speak to let people know it won't be as good as ChatGPT. >and maintained (Gmail, Docs, Chrome, Golang, Android) I wouldn't call any of those maintained... stagnated at best with degradation around the edges all around. For each one of those there are 10 projects Google has killed or let wither on the vine over the past 5 years.