Geoffrey Hinton says Google is set to overtake OpenAI in AI race

Geoffrey Hinton, often called the 'godfather of AI', told Business Insider that Google is now beginning to overtake OpenAI, citing the launch of its Gemini 3 model and Nano Banana Pro image generator alongside Google's custom AI chips and deep research bench. The Daily Star highlights Hinton's view that Google's scale, data and hardware stack now give it the edge, suggesting a potential shift in perceived leadership of the frontier-model race away from OpenAI toward Google and Google DeepMind.