This went around today:
https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither
Leaked Google document, basically saying "We have no competitive advantage over open-source LLM work."
This is interesting Google-kremlinology. But surely the important point is that AI -- at least the text-generation, image-generation parts -- are out of the hands of tech companies. Anybody can run that stuff at home. It is now impossible to legally regulate or limit it.
(DeCSS flashbacks, anyone?)