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OpenAI Measures Its Search Ambitions Against Google's Very Large Ruler
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OpenAI says search queries run through ChatGPT now equal 20 percent of the volume run through Google. Adam Fry, the company's consumer product lead for ChatGPT, announced the comparison at a press event, presenting a measure of how much activity the assistant is attracting as people look for information. The figure is OpenAI's comparison of query volumes, not a claim that ChatGPT has replaced Google as the dominant search service. It is nevertheless a notable benchmark for a company trying to make a conversational assistant part of the everyday habit of asking questions. The established search box is now also the measuring stick for a rival that answers in a different format. A conventional search page offers a list of places to explore. A chatbot can put a composed answer in front of the user immediately, changing the experience of deciding where to go next. Both approaches compete for the moment when someone has a question and wants a useful response. For OpenAI, the headline number makes a pitch in a language investors and product teams understand: share of a very large activity. For Google, the comparison confirms that its name remains useful even in a competitor's presentation. The ruler may belong to the incumbent, but the challenger is delighted to be tall enough to stand beside it.
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