For several months, Google has faced a vast antitrust trial. The American justice department accuses the tech giant of anti -competitive practices aimed at maintaining its monopoly on online research and the distribution of browsers. Several services are targeted, but it is Chrome (which holds nearly 65% of market share) which crystallizes the political-economic tensions of the case. Justice examines in particular the possibility of forcing Google to give in its flagship browser to restore free competition, a measure which would recall the dismantling of AT&T in the 1980s.
Can Openai really Buy Chrome?
It is in this context that Nick Turley, Chatgpt manager at Openai, was called upon to testify at the helm. Asked about Openai’s interest in Chrome, his answer is clear: “Yes, we would do it, like many others“, Part of candidates for the repurchase of the browser in the event of forced transfer. Already partner of Microsoft (Owner of Bing), Openai logically sees in Chrome, a strategic opportunity to accelerate the distribution of its products and offer an enriched user experience.
Chatgpt is already taking advantage of an extension for chrome, but its integration remains superficial. Turley explained that a more advanced browser control would create “A truly incredible experience“, Or AI would natively integrate into web browsing. What revolutionize online research, and start the future of AI navigators, just that. If American justice was going at the end of its logic, the acquisition of Chrome by Openai could open a new era, where the first AI would become the heart of navigation. It remains to be seen whether this revolution would really benefit users, or if it would only Move the center of gravity of digital power.
Size stake for Openai
Despite a chatgpt integration agreement in apple products, Openai is struggling to win on Android. The integration of chatgpt and other generative AI tools directly into the browser would open the way to new uses: assisted navigation, intelligent search, automatic generation of content, advanced customization of the user experience. Openai could thus transform Chrome into a proactive interface, capable of understanding the intentions of Internet users And to offer them answers, summaries or recommendations in real time. Difficult in this case for Google, to do without the competitor of Gemini.
Google, for its part, challenges the need to give in Chrome and announces that they want to appeal the decision of the judge, who estimated in 2024 that the company had abused its dominant position. The group argues that such radical measures would harm the user experience and innovation, while recalling that the competition remains lively with Safari (Apple), Edge (Microsoft) and Firefox (Mozilla).
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