ChatGPT Search now available to all users
OpenAI is rolling out a search product to all users of its chatbot ChatGPT beginning on Monday, escalating its rivalry with Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
The product, called ChatGPT Search, will be available to any user who is logged in with an account for...
Google paying hefty price to keep search engine default on Safari
Alphabet Inc. paid Apple Inc. $20 billion in 2022 (R327.48 billion at that year's average exchange rate) for Google to be the default search engine in the Safari browser, according to newly unsealed court documents in the Justice...
OpenAI developing own search engine — The Information
Alphabet Inc. sank after a report that ChatGPT owner OpenAI is developing a web search product that would compete with Google.
OpenAI’s service would be partly powered by Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, the Information reported...
Baidu says Ernie chatbot is on par with ChatGPT
Baidu Inc.’s founder Robin Li declared his company’s large language model has finally caught up with OpenAI’s advanced GPT-4, claiming the lead in his country’s race to develop AI that can rival the US.
The billionaire took the stage in Beijing...
Apple weighed switch to DuckDuckGo as default search engine
Apple Inc. held talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Alphabet Inc.’s Google as the default search engine for the private mode on Apple’s Safari browser, but ultimately rejected the idea.
The details of those talks — and Apple’s...
Satya Nadella sends warning about impact of Google's search dominance on AI
Microsoft Corp. chief executive officer Satya Nadella has a stark warning for a federal court and the tech industry: Google is likely to extend its dominance of the search market into a new generation of artificial...
Microsoft discussed sale of Bing to Apple
Microsoft Corp. discussed selling its Bing search engine to Apple Inc. around 2020, a deal that would have replaced Google as the default option on the iPhone maker’s devices, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Executives from Microsoft...
Google could be replaced by Bing as default search engine on Samsung smartphones — Report
Microsoft Corp.’s Bing may replace Alphabet Inc.’s Google as the default search service on Samsung Electronics Co. devices, according to a New York Times report Sunday.
Suwon-based Samsung, the world’s...
Microsoft unveils new Bing with OpenAI tech more powerful than ChatGPT
Microsoft Corp. showed off plans to use new tools from startup OpenAI to improve its little-used internet search and browsing services, seeking to gain ground against market leader Google by being first to offer...
Chrome won't let users delete search engines
A recent update to the Chromium codebase has removed the option to delete prepopulated search engines in the latest versions of the Chrome and Edge browsers.
The problem was first highlighted several days ago when a number of users on a Google...
Microsoft sued over search patents
A lawsuit alleges Microsoft has been infringing patents that allow Internet search engines to most effectively place advertisements.