OpenAI, the maker of ChatGTP, is reportedly about to announce its own search product, rivaling Google Search and AI-powered search startup Perplexity.
Bloomberg reports that OpenAI could go live with its new search as early as Monday, May 13, a day before Google's I/O conference kicks off. Google is expected to announce several AI-related products.
OpenAI's search engine will be an extension of ChatGPT, allowing it to pull direct and up-to-date information from the Internet and include quotes. This addresses one of the strongest complaints against ChatGPT: the information is not current.
OpenAI's search product is very similar to startup Perplexity's solution: an AI-native search interface with quotes, images and text. Perplexity, now valued at around $1 billion, was founded by a trio of engineers: Aravind Srinivas, who worked at OpenAI, Denis Yarats, who worked at Meta, and Johnny Ho, formerly of Quora.