OpenAI might be getting into the search engine business soon, which has people talking. Initially, there was buzz about it launching on a Monday, but OpenAI quickly clarified that it wasn’t true. However, the fact that OpenAI has a livestream event scheduled on that Monday just before Google’s big Google I/O event is making people curious.
This move by OpenAI isn’t surprising, given their past work with companies like Microsoft on search-related projects. To be a successful search engine, you need to be good at helping people find what they’re looking for on the internet, not just answering specific questions. Google does this really well, especially for things like shopping, maps, downloads, and news.
Details about OpenAI’s search engine suggest it will provide answers from the web, with references similar to what you’d find in academic papers. This is similar to how ChatGPT works, OpenAI’s text generation tool. But some are worried it might not be as fast as Google, which is known for its quick responses.
Even though we’re not sure exactly when OpenAI’s search engine will launch, it’s promising to give people another option besides Google. Whether it can compete with Google remains to be seen, but the idea of more competition in the search world is interesting.
