We've had clearly frontier models: Pichai on claims Google is losing ground in AI race

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai used Wednesday's earnings call to defend Google's AI strategy, pushing back against claims that the company has fallen behind its rivals in the AI race after the delay of Gemini 3.5 Pro. "We have had clearly frontier models," he said. Pichai added, "There are many attributes on which we are still at ​the frontier."