What's in it is positive association between AI and Google. Google is sort of a seen as a joke in the latest wave of consumer facing AI tools, and they desperately want to change that.
I'm not sure why you're being downvoted, but you're right — a story suggesting that 'modern' AI originated at Google is precisely the kind of narrative that Google's PR firm would shop around.
I don’t think it reads that way either. Inclined to think they didn’t read it.