https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/03/google-poised-to-release-chatbot-technology-after-chatgpt-success

Alphabet CEO says company well positioned in AI field, as analysts say ChatGPT has reached 100m users

Google is to make its chatbot technology available to the public in “the coming weeks and months” as it responds to the success of ChatGPT, a Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence chatbot that has become a global phenomenon after it was made available free of charge.