Chatgpt-maker Wants To Buy Google Chrome

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI would beryllium willing successful buying Chrome, nan world's astir celebrated browser, if Google was forced to waste it.

Nick Turley, an executive astatine nan artificial intelligence (AI) company, was testifying connected behalf of nan US authorities successful an ongoing monopoly proceedings against Google.

The US wants nan tech elephantine to beryllium surgery up, arguing it has excessively overmuch power successful nan online hunt market.

But Google says Chrome is not for waste and has called for nan antitrust suit to beryllium thrown out.

It is estimated that astir 64% of group online usage Chrome, according to analytics institution Similarweb.

The adjacent astir celebrated browser, Apple's Safari, is utilized by 21% of people.

Mr Turley was testifying astatine nan proceedings successful Washington DC, nan latest successful a bid of cases brought by nan US Department of Justice (DOJ) against large tech power successful societal media, searching nan net and AI.

Last year, nan tribunal ruled Google had a monopoly in online search, while past week it was ruled to person an forbidden monopoly in online advertizing technology.

Google says it will entreaty some decisions.

Its caput of regulatory affairs, Lee-Anne Mulholland, said successful a blog nan government's proposals "would wounded America's consumers, economy, and technological leadership".

The existent proceedings is looking astatine remedies to curtail Google's power successful online search, arsenic nan caller detonation successful generative AI services specified arsenic ChatGPT has expanded nan market.

Newer AI models hunt nan net to amended results and trim hallucination, which has been a problem from developers since chatbots started to go popular.

Last year, OpenAI offered to do a woody pinch Google which would person integrated Google hunt results into ChatGPT, according to Mr Turley's testimony.

But he says their connection was rejected.

"We have no partnership with Google today," Mr Turley said, according to Reuters.

OpenAI does nevertheless person a business pinch Microsoft, which makes nan Bing hunt motor and Edge browser.

Meanwhile, Google has its ain suite of generative AI products specified arsenic Gemini - a nonstop competitor to ChatGPT.

The proceedings is expected to past 3 weeks and different large tech companies - including Meta, Amazon and Apple - will beryllium keeping a adjacent oculus connected it, fixed they are besides facing their ain monopoly lawsuits from nan DOJ.

Separately, reports successful nan past week propose OpenAI is looking into creating its ain societal network.

The Verge reported nan task is "still successful early stages," but nan institution and its leader Sam Altman person privately been asking for feedback connected a imaginable rival to X.

OpenAI leader Sam Altman and X leader Elon Musk utilized to beryllium business partners until a bitter falling-out complete nan guidance of OpenAI a fewer years ago.

X has its ain AI instrumentality Grok, which it has integrated into nan societal platform.