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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has confirmed that the AI startup is interested in buying Google Chrome given Google is forced to sell its browser by the US government. The confirmation by Altman came just days after a Wall Street Journal report revealed that Perplexity AI had reportedly offered $34.5 billion in cash to acquire Chrome from Alphabet.
Notably, Google had lost an anti-trust trial in the United States last year where the judge ruled that the tech giant illegally monopolized the online search market. As part of the remedial measures, Department of Justice has suggested that Chrome be sold to an indepedent entity to level the playing field.
Speaking to reporters, Sam Altman said (as quoted by Techcrunch),“If Chrome is really going to sell, we should take a look at it,”
“Is it actually going to sell? I assumed it wasn’t gonna happen.” OpenAI CEO added.
Meanwhile, there have been reports that OpenAI is building its own AI browser and Altman confirmed that recent addition of its CEO of applications, Fidji Simo, means that the company is working on many consumer applications outside of ChatGPT.
Sam Altman wants to create an AI Powered social media app:
Altman also stated that OpenAI is interested in exploring a new social media while stating that there is “nothing” inspring to him about the way AI used on social media platforms today, TechCrunch reported. He reported said that OpenAI is interested in “whether or not it is possible to build a much cooler kind of social experience with AI.”
The OpenAI CEO also confirmed that the company would be backing a neural interface startup called Merge Labs to take on the competition to Elon Musk's Neuralink.
“I think neural interfaces are cool ideas to explore. I would like to be able to think something and have ChatGPT respond to it.” he added.
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