The current phase in court is a consequence of the judgment of judge Amit Mehta, who in the autumn of last year He decided that Google illegally monopolized the search market.
The Department of Justice demands, among others resale of Chrome browsers, a ban on paid contracts for setting the default search engine and compulsory licensing of searching data to competitors. Google argues that such radical measures would harm users and innovations, but for the authorities it would be the first court order to divide the American giant from the breakup of AT&T in the 1980s.
Turley argued that full chatgpt integration with the most popular browser in the world would create a “really extraordinary experience” based on artificial intelligence. Currently, Opeli only offers a Chrome extension, but Control over the browser itself would open a direct distribution channel of AI services to billions of Internet users.
Opeli would fight for Google Chrome
The director of OpenAI admitted that on Android OpenAI he still cannot break through with Chatgpt: Google has been paying Samsung since January for pre-installed his own Gemini application, and OpenAi's conversations with the Korean producer got stuck, because “Google can spend more than start-up,” said Turley.
The only great distribution success is last year's agreement with Apple and CHATGPT integration in iPhones.
Meanwhile, the popularity of chatgpt does not weaken. According to the company, the number of weekly users exceeds 400 million and has already exceeded the goals set for 2024.although OpenAI does not reveal exact statistics.
For OpenAI, the acquisition of Chrome would mean the takeover of the gate through which about 66 percent pass. Internet traffic. It is nearly 3.7 billion users in the world.
Such a range would allow the company to monetize the generative AI faster, go beyond the subscription model and strengthen the negotiating position towards equipment manufacturers.
Opeli has more and more ambitions
At the same time, this raises questions about the next concentration of technological power – this time in the hands of a rapidly growing supplier of artificial intelligence – and whether the regulators would allow the merger that would It would create one of the strongest platforms in the history of the Internet.
Judge Mehta is to announce the scope of remedies at the latest in August. Alphabet is already preparing an appeal, which can extend the whole proceeding for years.
However, Turley's confession shows how sharp competition for control over the experience of searching and browsing the network was caused by the AI generative revolution – and how ready for the offensive are entities that were considered to be the outsiders two years ago.
