Kevin O’Leary, a Shark Tank investor, switches to ChatGPT for search
Insider claims that Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary has changed the way he conducts his online research, now using ChatGPT rather than Google. O’Leary said that he now divides his search between the two, utilizing Google just 50% of the time. He is allegedly in negotiations for an equity investment in OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT.
Wars in AI Search Heat Up
The recent launch of a redesigned Bing search engine that includes ChatGPT-style capability has escalated the AI search warfare. Microsoft made a $10 billion investment in OpenAI, the parent firm of ChatGPT, to help the search engine adopt this technology. O’Leary intends to utilize the new version of Bing once it is fully functional, despite the fact that he hasn’t used it in years.
Google Introduces ChatGPT’s Reply
With Bard, Google’s own language tool that competes with ChatGPT, it has also entered the battle. According to reports, Chinese internet giant Baidu is also developing a language tool of its own. Despite these improvements, O’Leary believes ChatGPT poses a challenge to Google’s hegemony, saying, “Google must realize that ChatGPT is a threat to Google.”
The AI Search Battles Go On
With several businesses investing in and creating their own language tools, it is obvious that the AI search wars are far from done. It will be interesting to observe which business prevails in the struggle for supremacy in the AI search industry when the competition heats up.