It's interesting, but if you look at the history of technology, it's rarely the 1st mover that wins. I'm not sure if Bard will be the "winner" (or if there will even be a single canonical winner), but the idea that you can be "late" to this when LLMs are just getting started is kind of funny.

Given that most people don't read NYTs, let alone have heard of OpenAI or ChatGPT, this will mark the first true exposure to language models for many Americans and Britons. fun times ahead