Google is thriving despite fears that ChatGPT would damage its business. The company’s AI-powered search features are actually making it stronger.
CEO Sundar Pichai announced that AI Overviews in search results now drive 10% more queries worldwide. These AI summaries appear for certain types of searches and encourage people to use Google more often. Young users especially like this feature.
Google’s Gemini chatbot is also growing fast. It now has 450 million monthly users, up from 350 million in March. Daily questions to Gemini increased by 50% in the last quarter.
The numbers show Google’s massive AI operation. The company processed nearly one quadrillion AI tokens across all its products last month. This is double what it processed in May.
Google executives feel confident about keeping their best workers. “I think we are doing very well through this moment,” Pichai said. While some talented researchers have left for other companies like Meta, Google believes it has enough skilled people to stay competitive.
Industry experts agree that Google leads the AI race. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said Meta “is not at the frontier” right now in AI development.
Google still faces challenges. OpenAI will soon release GPT-5, which could compete with Google’s Gemini. The US government might also break up Google’s business or stop it from paying Apple to be the default search engine on iPhones.
But so far, AI has helped Google rather than hurt it. The company appears stronger than before ChatGPT arrived.
