OpenAI gets a lot of attention.

Give Sam Altman credit, he is a great marketer. A founder is often responsible for generating interest in the company. Altman did a tremendous job at this part.

ChatGPT exploded when GPT3 came out. The breakthrough was not the AI. While that was more advanced than the competition (at the time), it was the user interface which set ChatGPT apart. People could prompt easily, something that was absent overall. This was coupled with the leading chatbot in terms of capabilities.

Today, many surmise, based upon benchmarks, that ChatGPT was surpassed. So far, the hype surrounding additional rollouts by OpenAI has disappointed.

Google, on the other hand, is getting a lot of acclaim. Their latest version is performing according to those who gauge this closely.

In this article I will go through why it is important to understand the differences between these companies. Here is where the future of AI resides.

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Google and OpenAI: The Reality of AI

How do Google and OpenAI differ?

The answer to this question is the key to understanding where AI is going.

As stated, Altman garners a great deal of attention. He is to the point where many believe a $1 trillion valuation for OpenAI is just around the corner. Is this absurd or warranted?

Naturally, it depends upon who you ask. For me, I do not hold a bullish sentiment towards OpenAI. I might be off on this but I think we are going to see Big Tech platforms, along with smaller players, dominate the realm.

Ultimately it comes down to what does OpenAI offer? This is what Altman has to answer. Presently, people are still looking at potential value. At the same time, some are caught up in the AGI race, a nonsensical quest from an investor perspective. While the race might be real, it makes no sense to believe one company will achieve it at the expense of all else. In fact, it is likely a point in time we pass without even noticing.

Google is different from OpenAI in that their AI development involves incorporation. We are seeing Gemini being designed for all that Google has. Gmail, YouTube, Android, and a cloud are all seeing AI integration. In other words, Google is automating the digital world.

Contrast that with OpenAI. There are a few products it claims to be working on. Sora certainly garnered attention. However, my question is who else is doing something similar?

Smaller Platforms

We have a tendency to look at the major players. This is natural since they get most of the attention. It is a bad move to discount the likes of Elon Musk, Google, Apple, and Meta. Zuckerberg is quiet of late but we can bet that Meta is working on a lot of things behind the scenes.

When they companies roll something out, it tends to have a major impact. The reach of these platforms is enormous.

That said, the future is in smaller platforms. AI is democratic. We are seeing models developed for all kinds of niches. Eventually, even the smallest of platforms will have AI tied to them.

Here is where the tentacles start to spread out.

OpenAI is going to for the "killer" solution. It wants to dominate. Of course, we could say the same about every other Big Tech company. They are not altruistic in nature.

The breakdown of users becomes clear. This is not likely to fade. People will not stop using YouTube, X, or Instagram. The numbers tend to hold steady in terms of monthly active users. People are creatures of habit.

Here is where we see the future. Automation is coming to everything. In the digital world, that means those applications people are already using. Spotify, Netflix, Pandora, and financial applications will see this integrated. For example, we will see (if we already haven't) AI generated music on Spotify and Pandora. It is probable the recommend engines on all these platforms are AI driven.

It is tempting to think of AI as something completely new. When it comes to the digital world, I find it more sensible to look it simply as another evolutionary step in this realm. About 15 years ago, cloud was just gaining some traction. That was the a step that changed everything.

Now, we are faced with the idea of automation. Just like most data shifted from being housed locally (on-site) to cloud, we will see automation penetrate the entire digital world.

Those who are established obviously have a leg up. This is what Altman and OpenAI are fighting.

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