During a court hearing on Tuesday, OpenAI's ChatGPT product manager Nick Turley said the company would not mind acquiring Google's Chrome browser if a federal court rules to spin it off.
During a court hearing on Tuesday, OpenAI's ChatGPT product manager Nick Turley said the company would not mind acquiring Google's Chrome browser if a federal court rules to spin it off.
Nick Turley appeared at the Google antitrust hearing yesterday. Asked if OpenAI would be interested in acquiring Chrome, he replied: “Yes, we would be, as would many other parties.”
OpenAI's chatbot, ChatGPT, currently has a Google Chrome browser extension that users can download. But Turley believes that deeper Chrome integration with OpenAI would allow for a better product, Engadget reports .
He said the company “could offer a really incredible experience” if ChatGPT was integrated into Chrome. “We would have the opportunity to introduce users to what the first experience with AI looks like.”
Turley said one of the company's biggest challenges today is distribution. While the company has reached an agreement to integrate ChatGPT into Apple's iPhone, it has not had success with Android smartphone makers.
Later in his testimony, Turley said that the company has powerful competitors “who control the access points for how people find products, including our product. People find through a browser or through an app store. Real choice drives competition. Users should have the opportunity to choose,” writes Bloomberg.
The Justice Department's proposed measures include forcing Google to sell its Chrome browser, licensing search data to competitors and ending paid contracts for exclusive placements in apps and devices. Google says the government's proposal would harm consumers by degrading the quality of Google's everyday products and that it would damage U.S. leadership in technology.
In April, it became known that OpenAI was considering acquiring io Products, a startup owned by former Apple chief designer Jony Ive, for $500 million.
