OpenAI could unveil its Google search competitor on Monday

Re:OpenAI could unveil its Google search competitor on Monday by hedora on Friday May 10, 2024 @09:49AM (#40318957)

Kagi’s ”?” operator (I’d expect openai to do better than it) suggests RTings, then Display Ninja, PC Magazine, and finally, reddit.

I don’t think Google has much of an advantage in this fight. Presumably, OpenAI will be able to partner with bing if they want.

Thanks to the antitrust suit, we know for sure that Google has been intentionally tanking search relevance in order to prop up their ad display numbers. I’m guessing none of the smaller search engines do that (since they all desperately want to grow their market share).

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Re:OpenAI could unveil its Google search competitor on Monday by prng2021 on Friday May 10, 2024 @10:17AM (#40319319)

I think Google has 3 huge advantages.

1. They're the incumbent with almost monopolistic market share. People aren't going to switch to a new product that's just roughly as good. It has to be way better.

2. Their search algorithm is straight up better than their next biggest competitor, Bing. The latter has tried for years to overtake google and failed.

3. They have copious amounts of user specific data across their products/services. That enables tailored AI responses.

You have a fair point about google propping up ad buyers. That is their Achilles heel.

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Re:OpenAI could unveil its Google search competitor on Monday by ColinHayhurst on Friday May 10, 2024 @11:28AM (#40320149)

4. Default search on Chrome, Android...

5. Default deals with Apple, Samsung...

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