OpenAI is doubling its headcount to 8,000 by end of 2026. The same week, Microsoft announced it's building its own frontier models, and Google opened Gemini's personal intelligence features to all users for free. Three companies moving simultaneously — in completely different directions. This stopped being about model benchmarks a long time ago.

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