OpenAI, the company led by Sam Altman, is ready to enter the search engine market, thus calling Google's dominance into question. According to unconfirmed sources circulating on social media, the company is ready to launch a new search engine based on its artificial intelligence technology, Chat GPT.
Possible debut on May 9th
Il domain of the alleged search engine, https://search.chatgpt.com, was spotted by a user on Reddit, although the site currently only displays a “page not found” message. According to unofficial sources, the The site launch is scheduled for May 9th.
In a recent interview, Sam Altman expressed his desire to combine large language models with search functionality, suggesting that there is a better way to help people find information than the traditional search experience offered by Google.
“No one has yet managed to combine large language models and search, I would like to do it” – Sam Altman said in an interview last month – “Google shows you 13 ads and ten blue links, maybe there is a better way to help people to find the information."
Is Google's kingdom ready to collapse?
This move by OpenAI did not go unnoticed in the tech industry. Google, which has maintained a monopoly in the search engine market for nearly three decades, with a 90% market share, could see this new offering as a serious threat. The Mountain View company then shells out billions of dollars to Apple every year to remain the default search choice on iPhones too. Meanwhile, with Google's next developer conference scheduled for May 14, the Alphabet Group company is likely to respond to OpenAI's entry into the search engine market with updates on artificial intelligence and a strategy to address the new challenge.
In the meantime, Microsoft, which has significantly funded OpenAI, has already begun to integrate artificial intelligence in its services, including the Bing search engine.
The rumors about Apple
Apple , however, continues its research to integrate artificial intelligence into its future iPhones. According to unconfirmed rumors, the Apple company has intensified contacts with OpenAI to discuss the possible ChatGPT integration in iOS 18. A reopening after the dialogues interrupted at the beginning of the year which had directed Tim Cook to speak with the Mountain View giant.