Bing, since its release, was never taken seriously, I feel, at least not when compared to Google. Now with ChatGPT implemented and the potential to further integrate OpenAI into the Bing-sphere, do you think it has a serious chance to challenge Google?
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It will take time for mainstream users to change their comfortable habit of searching on Google. Even if Bing + ChatGPT is better now and in the short term, Google can always launch their own AI Google search enhancement. Remember how Snapchat 'Stories' were quickly copied by Instagram and Facebook? Google has the AI resources to develop a worthy competitor for Bing + ChatGPT. I expect the true competitor to Google Search is a switch of people's attention from Search to Discovery ala TikTok. Online is a battle for people's precious little attention. What happens when AI predicts what you want to search for before you even go to Google or Bing?
It all boils down to whether they can make money out of it or not. Running ChatGPT is not cheap. Google currently makes $26 per user per year. Sure economies of scale will help, but running such a vast LLM and scaling it to millions of users is going to be hard without a good financial model around it. So the bigger question is, how does Bing monetise ChatGPT queries.
The other discussion point is that they are different use cases. I use ChatGPT to answer questions - which makes things like Siri and Alexa seem really stone age and useless. I use Google to find websites and products.
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With the new addition, I think they might get there
Hmm, interesting question. Bing has been playing catch-up to Google for years and even with OpenAI's integration, it still seems like a tough road ahead. Google has been the dominant player in the search engine market for a long time and has become a household name. It will be difficult for Bing to displace Google's market share, but anything is possible in the world of technology.
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Despite their money, I don't think this will happen in the near future.
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Actually Edge even seems to start challenging Chrome.
I like the tab-sidebar & it seems to consume less memory 🤓
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