Google enters I/O 2026 in third place in AI model race

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Google is firmly third behind Anthropic and OpenAI in foundation models, particularly in coding where Claude Code and Codex dominate. The company has reportedly allowed some DeepMind engineers to use Claude internally. Nobel laureate John Jumper is now contributing to Google's new AI coding team.

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