OpenAI’s head of product stated in court today that the company would be interested in acquiring Chrome if Google is compelled to sell it. This statement comes as part of the ongoing U.S. Department of Justice case against Google, which alleges that the company holds a monopoly in online search.
The remedies phase of the trial began on Monday, following Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling last year that deemed Google a monopolist. Google plans to appeal this ruling.
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Nick Turley, the OpenAI executive, also revealed that the company had reached out to Google last year for a potential partnership to integrate Google’s search technology with ChatGPT. While ChatGPT currently utilizes Bing’s search capabilities, Turley indicated that OpenAI has encountered “significant quality issues” with a provider referred to as “Provider No. 1.”
OpenAI stated in an email presented at the trial, “We believe having multiple partners, especially Google’s API, would enable us to provide a better product to users.” However, Google declined the partnership, and Turley confirmed that “we have no partnership with Google today.”
Additionally, OpenAI has been developing its own search index. Initially, the company aimed for ChatGPT to rely on this index for 80 percent of searches by the end of 2025, but Turley testified that achieving this goal will likely take several more years.
SOURCE: THE VERGE
