Sources: Google executives met with Larry Page and Sergey Brin last month to discuss Google's AI efforts, as the company seeks to combat OpenAI's ChatGPT (Nico Grant/New York Times)

Nico Grant / New York Times:
Sources: Google executives met with Larry Page and Sergey Brin last month to discuss Google's AI efforts, as the company seeks to combat OpenAI's ChatGPT  —  A rival chatbot has shaken Google out of its routine, with the founders who left three years ago re-engaging and more than 20 A.I. projects in the works.