Reports suggest that OpenAI could be working on a web browser integrating ChatGPT. — Photography Generated by OpenAI's DALL·E/ETX Majelan/AFP Relaxnews
The ChatGPT publisher could soon be developing a web browser with advanced AI functions. So, after its search engine, OpenAI could be set to compete with another iconic Google product, the Chrome browser.
Times have probably been better for Google. While the US Justice Department could sanction the company as part of an antitrust trial by forcing it to sell Chrome, ChatGPT publisher OpenAI is reportedly thinking of launching its own web browser.
The news comes from The Information, which reports that OpenAI could be considering developing a web browser, as part of a project codenamed NLWeb (for Natural Language Web). It would, of course, integrate ChatGPT, and be able to respond to natural language queries to access dedicated websites. Even though OpenAI has already hired former Chrome staff, the launch of a home-grown web browser is not likely to come soon... unless, of course, it happens to be the company that buys Chrome!
OpenAI has already taken on Google head-on by launching an intelligent web search function via ChatGPT. Premium subscribers (ChatGPT Plus, Edu and Enterprise) can even take advantage of this directly in their browser, by making ChatGPT their default search engine, thanks to an extension available for Chrome. This should soon be possible for all users.
And that's not all. The American start-up has also reportedly approached various e-commerce sites in the travel, real estate and food sectors, offering to integrate an intelligent search tool directly based on ChatGPT into their platforms. A next step could also be to collaborate with smartphone manufacturers to integrate its technology directly into their devices.
For the moment, none of this information has been confirmed by OpenAI. Nevertheless, the company is still losing a lot of money and needs to find new sources of revenue. – AFP Relaxnews
