‘You could offer a really incredible experience’ if ChatGPT was integrated into Chrome, Nick Turley says
The leader at OpenAI has expressed interest in acquiring Google’s Chrome browser should a federal court rule that it must be divested, according to recent statements.
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mentioned during a court proceeding on Tuesday.
“Indeed, we would, along with numerous other entities,” stated Nick Turley, the head of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, when asked if the company was considering purchasing Google’s browser.
Turley was summoned by the U.S. Justice Department to provide testimony during a three-week trial designed to establish what modifications Alphabet’s Google should implement in its operations following a previous ruling by a federal judge who determined that the firm had engaged in monopolistic practices within the search engine sector.
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Judge Amit Mehta is set to decide by August what business practices Google must modify. The Justice Department has asked that Google be forced to divest Chrome.
Currently, OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT, has an extension in Google’s Chrome browser available for users to download. But having Chrome be more deeply integrated into OpenAI would allow for a better product, Turley said.
“You could offer a really incredible experience” if ChatGPT was integrated into Chrome, he said. We would “have the ability to introduce users into what an AI first experience looks like”.
One of Turley’s biggest challenges at present involves distribution problems within the company. Although they managed to secure an agreement for integrating ChatGPT with Apple iPhones, they have encountered no progress when dealing with Android phone makers, as he mentioned.
Earlier, a Google executive acknowledged that the company began paying Samsung Electronics in January to pre-install the Gemini AI app on its phones. That agreement was not exclusive, but Turley said OpenAI did not make much headway in negotiations with the South Korean company because of Google’s ability to outspend the start-up.
He stated, ‘It wasn’t for want of trying.’ He added that they never reached a stage where they were able to negotiate specific conditions.’
Further along in his statement, Turley expressed that he has “serious concerns about being excluded” from certain major corporations in the industry such as Google.
We face strong rivals who dictate the channels through which people find products, such as ours,” he explained. “These avenues include web browsers and app stores. Genuine options foster competition. Consumers ought to have the freedom of selection.
ChatGPT, introduced in November 2022, rapidly gained traction and emerged as one of the quickest adopted consumer applications ever. According to reports from February, it boasted over 400 million weekly active users. Turley mentioned that the firm surpassed its projected number of weekly active users for 2024 without disclosing specific figures.
This week, Google started facing off against the Justice Department as well as numerous state attorneys general, with Judge Mehta set to decide on measures needed to stop the company from dominating the online search market.
The suggested solutions from the Justice Department involve compelling Google to divest itself of the Chrome browser, provide search data licenses to competitors, and cease entering into agreements that grant exclusivity for placement within applications and devices. However, Google argues that these measures would degrade commonly used Google products, negatively impacting consumer experiences. Additionally, they claim such actions could undermine American dominance in technological sectors.
Should the court rule for Google to divest itself of its widely used web browser, it would signify the first time since the breakup of AT&T in the 1980s that a significant American corporation faces such a mandate through judicial order.
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