‘Some new stuff…’: Sam Altman refutes reports of OpenAI starting a new search engine
Perplexity AI. Notably, reports by Bloomberg and The Information had also made similar claims in the past, but had refrained from giving a fixed launch date.
While OpenAI may not be launching a new search competitor to Google on May 13, there is still a very good chance that the company will launch a new search product at some point in the future. In fact, a report from The Verge earlier this week claimed that OpenAI has been aggressively poaching Google employees for a team that is working to deliver the search product soon.
Notably, since its global debut in late 2022, there has been speculation that OpenAI will challenge Google's dominance in the search market. Perhaps sensing the upcoming battle, Google had also unveiled a new AI-powered experimental search engine for iOS and Android in 2023.
Apart from OpenAI, Google also faces competition from Perplexity, an AI startup with a valuation of over $1 billion. Perplexity's AI search allows users to get direct answers to questions with citations in the results, along with images.
The startup revealed earlier this year that it has more than 10 million monthly active users. Milestone Alert!
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