Simon Willison 1/8/2026

How Google Got Its Groove Back and Edged Ahead of OpenAI

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This article analyzes Google's resurgence in AI, detailing how the 'Nano Banana' codename originated, how an OpenAI researcher prompted Sergey Brin to return, and providing concrete user statistics for Gemini (650M monthly users) with comparisons to OpenAI's ChatGPT. It discusses the context and sources of these figures from earnings reports and official blogs.

How Google Got Its Groove Back and Edged Ahead of OpenAI

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