# He made a pointed reference to the 2022 episode where a Google engineer publicly.

*fintech · news · 2026-04-09 · Times of India*

## Key points

- Sundar Pichai revealed Google had an internal chatbot similar to ChatGPT before OpenAI's launch.
- Google delayed releasing its chatbot due to concerns over toxicity and insufficient RLHF alignment.
- Pichai clarified that Google's higher product quality standards, not lack of capability, caused the delay.
- The viral success of ChatGPT triggered a 'code red' and major internal reorganization at Google.

**Companies:** Alphabet Inc., Google
**Countries:** United States

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