When OpenAI debuted its ChatGPT AI language model late last year, the possibility of a future dominated by AI became much easier to imagine. Suddenly, a super-intelligent chatbot was producing perfect lines of code, writing decent-quality essays, providing detailed summaries of complex data, and so much more—all in response to relatively simple queries. It’s the stuff of science fiction come to life. So as we survey the growing landscape of AI tools, a question lingers: How will Google respond?