4 November 2026
Analyst plans to compare open-model usage against Google's token volumes
First reported
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- An analyst intends to measure open AI model usage against Google's reported token totals.
- Tokens are the chunks of text AI models read and write, so token volume is a rough measure of usage.
- The comparison is meant to test whether open models are a tiny share next to OpenAI and Anthropic.
Our read
Only Interconnects, one of the 30 newsletters tracked, covered this analyst plan, first reported on 2026-11-04. Our archive's closest earlier story on this thread is the 2026-10-24 report on Google's plan for one AI agent working across its products, including Gmail.
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Comparison of open inference volumes with Google's reported token totals, and the question of scale versus closed providers