A senior software engineer at Google has written a critique stating that the company is losing its advantage in artificial intelligence (AI) to the open-source community. The engineer argues that independent researchers in open-source technology are making swift and unforeseen strides in AI technology, surpassing Google and other big tech companies in the AI race. The engineer contends that open-source models are more customizable, faster, and more useful than Google's own models, posing a real threat to the company. The critique argues that Google's focus on competition with OpenAI has diverted attention from the progress in open-source technology, which is advancing quietly but quickly.

(By AMAKA NWAOKOCHA)