This is pretty standard for specification documents, probably more accurate to say AI sounds like them than the other way around.
Ignoring the particular technologies used (OAuth/JWT) it looks like they’re adding more auth to the devices themselves; think two computers connected to the same network switch not being able to impersonate each other.
Whoever wants to write the underlying engines for virtually every browser: Apple and Google. They both have their agendas that they try to push via them.
If their experience mirrors my own there will be a follow up post, “Why having 50 individuals on your cap table is a pain, I should have gotten them into a syndicate”
A lot of it comes down to the context and a prompting strategy tailored to the particular model. I don’t believe the current benchmarks really take those optimizations into account.
I’ve personally been getting better results with Gemini as well, but I think it’s just because I’ve used it more.
Given that AWS, Azure and GCP are all recording 20-40% YoY growth, no, I don’t think they’re losing ground.
As for startup credits, they’re still handing out $100-200k like candy if they deem you a serious startup. There was a lot of abuse in the past so they started putting up filters.
If you have a moderately successful app, sdk or browser extension you will get hit up to add things to it like this. I think most free VPN services also lease out your bandwidth to make their money as well.