How AI is about to transform searches on Google and Bing

Until now, search engines have mostly been showing us links to websites. That may all be about to change with the power of AI. Microsoft, long struggling to get anyone to use Bing, wants to turn its business around with ChatGPT. But Google has similar plans. — Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa

WASHINGTON: For years, nothing has come close to even putting a dent in Google's reign in all matters related to search. The same goes for browsers, and Chrome remains the go-to for the vast majority of internet traffic.

Now, Microsoft has been handed the one piece of software that could make a difference: ChatGPT.