Google is just looking for good PR because their plan is to sell assemblies instead of individual parts. As an example, say on the phone's motherboard a particular chip died, instead of replacing just that one piece Google wants to to sell you a whole new board at a cost so high that most people would probably consider just buying a new phone instead. They even attack Apple by suggesting governments should ban part pairing so they can look like the good guys.
People that simp for AI art just don't want to pay artists. Pricing for commissions can vary depending on the artist and what's being asked. Then to make it worse, some of the more popular artists either don't take commissions or they are always sold out almost immediately. So some people decide instead of paying or learning to draw themselves, they will just let the AI do it. They steal other people's work and feed it to the AI so it can emulate the desired artist. Some even have the audacity to sell it.