That's a quite sensationalized view.

Ghibli moment was only about half a year ago. At that moment, OpenAI was so far ahead in terms of image editing. Now it's behind for a few months and "it can't be reversed"?

Check the size and budget of Google iniatives. It’s unlimited

Google basically has unlimited budget and unlimited data. If they're ahead now, which I believe they are, they'll be very very difficult to catch.

The Ghibli moment was an influencer fad not real advancement.