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Former DeepMind researcher Thibault revealed: Google had built a similar product LMChat one year before ChatGPT was released, but it was shelved

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Former DeepMind researcher Thibault revealed that Google had developed a chatbot named LMChat one year before ChatGPT was released, but ultimately shelved it due to concerns about competing with its search business. Internal engineer Jeff Dean also confirmed having worked on a similar product. #GoogleAI# This history again sparked industry discussion on the internal innovation mechanisms of tech giants.

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