Google’s biggest competitor in artificial intelligence technology is not OpenAI, but the open-source community

A confidential document from Google’s Senior Software Engineer, Luke Sernau, reveals that Google’s true competitors in the realm of artificial intelligence development are not companies like OpenAI, but rather open-source community-driven AI model designs.

Previously, a market sentiment held that Google’s once-dominant AI technology was gradually being surpassed by competitors such as OpenAI, with even Microsoft beginning to encroach on the AI application market initially claimed by Google, including the search application market where Google traditionally held sway.

However, according to Sernau’s perspective, Google’s most direct competitors are not OpenAI or other tech companies, but rather the AI technologies actively proliferating within open-source communities.

Sernau posits that numerous independent researchers and developers in the open-source community have already employed their unique AI technologies and natural language models to create unexpectedly powerful applications, advancing at an even faster pace than anticipated. Moreover, these technologies are often made available in open-source formats, enabling rapid growth through community resources.

As a result, Sernau recommends in his internal document that Google shift its focus toward developing smaller-scale, more flexible AI technologies, rather than concentrating on constructing larger natural language models, as this approach may hinder overall technological research and development progress.

In the long run, Sernau believes that the most effective AI development paradigm involves rapid iterative upgrades, rather than relying on a single large-scale model to propel the advancement of AI technology applications.