I've largely replaced Google with ChatGPT for looking things up

Re:I've largely replaced Google with ChatGPT for looking thi... by silisili on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:20PM (#43840524)

As a search vehicle, absolutely. But they aren't sitting idly by - as much as I personally hate it, a lot of people like Gemini. Either way, it does spell a big danger to their primary source of revenue.

What's interesting is the monetization aspect. Right now none of them act as ad vehicles. Who will be the first to fall?

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Re:I've largely replaced Google with ChatGPT for looking thi... by breadwinner on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:27PM (#43840575)

Ads are not the only challenge. Cost-per-query is also a challenge, as an LLM query is 10x more expensive than a search-index query.

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Re:I've largely replaced Google with ChatGPT for looking thi... by IggleSniggle on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:37PM (#43840646)

Is that all? I hadn't thought about that aspect, but I find it a little surprising that, even just considering post-training, it isn't more expensive than that.

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Re:I've largely replaced Google with ChatGPT for looking thi... by croon on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @05:02AM (#43842769)

I would assume (at minimum) 100x, but have not done any napkin math.

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Re:I've largely replaced Google with ChatGPT for looking thi... by codybontecou on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:27PM (#43840571)

I'm pretty sure Perplexity attempted to place ads within their responses but had a large backlash.

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Re:I've largely replaced Google with ChatGPT for looking thi... by lukevp on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:58PM (#43840814)

ChatGPT just announced embedded shopping. Sounds like another name for ads to me.

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Re:I've largely replaced Google with ChatGPT for looking thi... by tim333 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @12:32PM (#43847560)

I worry that LLMs will subtly sneak in commercial bias in return for money.

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