The AI race is back on

Last week, Anthropic and OpenAI looked like they had the AI race to themselves, pulling ahead with increasingly powerful models that left their rivals in the dust.

Google seemed hopelessly far behind, while Meta, despite spending billions to revive its floundering AI ambitions , had yet to establish itself as a serious contender.

Even the latest models coming out of China , impressive as they were, appeared to be playing catch-up.

Then, in the space of a few days, everything changed.

Google and Meta both unveiled frontier models they claim can go toe to toe with the best from OpenAI and Anthropic.

Suddenly, the race is back on - and it's anyo … Read the full story at The Verge.