Google wants to get ahead of the news and generate hype for their product away from OpenAI. If they waited till the actual launch to announce this news, OpenAI will again capture all the publicity with GPT5.
While I do enjoy taking my bike out as frequently as I can, I must confess that it can be a challenge for people where I live.
I live in a tropical country. Half the year, it's either super hot or it's raining. It's really uncomfortable riding your bike during summer here (35+ Celsius) and riding your bike in the heavy rain is out of question.
Maybe it makes more sense to focus on public transport over cycling in such cases but I do wonder what the solution for last mile connectivity should be if walking also 'walks' into the same problems.