Google has been playing catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic. Does its new flagship model really compete at the frontier?

Google has been trailing OpenAI and Anthropic for much of 2026, analysts say Gemini 4 puts it back in the frontier AI conversation.

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2026-10-02 11:00 · CNBC Technology
Google has been playing catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic. Does its new flagship model really compete at the frontier?

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