According to rumors hitting the windmill, OpenAI is reportedly set to debut a new search engine to take on Google and Microsoft’s Bing. The ChatGPT maker is slated to make the new product this week during a developer conference.
Google continues to dominate the search market share despite Microsoft’s big AI push on Bing. Interestingly, the tech giant’s efforts haven’t gone unnoticed, with the CEO, Satya Nadella, announcing Bing has surpassed 140 million daily active users during its quarterly earnings call. Nadella attributed part of Bing’s success and growth to the company’s AI efforts on the platform.
As it stands, there’s little information about the soon-to-launch ChatGPT-powered search engine. However, a Y Combinator Hacker News Community post indicated OpenAI has already registered a new domain under search.chatgpt.com alongside an SSL certificate. It’s worth noting that the domain doesn’t work and will only direct you to a not-found page.
Per the X (formerly Twitter) post highlighted above, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is evidently interested in the search engine landscape. As such, unveiling a new AI-powered search engine shouldn’t be too far from OpenAI’s reach.
But there’s one critical issue
OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot is impressive. Some might even argue it’s better than Microsoft Copilot. Interestingly, they are based on the same technology, which could boil down to execution.
A report revealed Copilot’s performance was a significant concern for most users who indicated that ChatGPT is way better. However, Microsoft indicated ChatGPT wasn’t better; it’s just that users aren’t using Copilot as intended. The company listed the lack of proper prompt engineering knowledge bundled with user reluctance to upgrade to new software versions or apps.
