That's fair, but that doesn't appear to be the rationale by most commenters here. I think your point of view is much more constructive and opens up some interesting discussion topics rather than circle jerking over "google CEO bad".
I think the reason Google didn't release their AI before OpenAI did is precisely for this type of issue. OpenAI is now forcing their hand, because often it's not about the best product that wins, but rather the one that got to market first. I feel like what we're seeing now is less about these companies trying to release a product that they strongly believe has user value, but rather it's about these companies creating some sort of foothold such that by the time they figure out what the actual product is they still have some capacity to sell it.
I seriously wonder how the industry would look if OpenAI had not played their hand so soon. Obviously the technology would've arrived regardless, but perhaps the packaging would've been different enough that the miss-understanding around the technology wouldn't be so widespread.
Going back to my original point, it feels like most commenters here are still miss-understanding the technology, because there isn't anything to fix. Making LLMs smarter is impossible, it's inherently "dumb".