"The fact that he is talking publicly about an internal project, apparently without authorisation, may mean he is looking for the emergency exit sign over the door..."
From everything said publicly it seems like "grok" isn't a secret for Google, the team members just haven't talked about it much because it is so likely to fail or at least fall short of its goals given how ambitious it is.
The fact that the project wouldn't be explicitly secret is perfectly believable, just look at Go or Dart which have been developed fully in the open. Like those projects, grok seems like the sort of thing that could potentially help Google and everyone but isn't seen as a competitive advantage for advertising/social, so it is perfectly reasonable to believe they aren't trying to keep it a secret.
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"The fact that he is talking publicly about an internal project, apparently without authorisation, may mean he is looking for the emergency exit sign over the door..."
From everything said publicly it seems like "grok" isn't a secret for Google, the team members just haven't talked about it much because it is so likely to fail or at least fall short of its goals given how ambitious it is.
The fact that the project wouldn't be explicitly secret is perfectly believable, just look at Go or Dart which have been developed fully in the open. Like those projects, grok seems like the sort of thing that could potentially help Google and everyone but isn't seen as a competitive advantage for advertising/social, so it is perfectly reasonable to believe they aren't trying to keep it a secret.