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Make default search be a version of ChatGPT and put ads on it? Could work (I wouldn't use it though). The way a lot of people use their browser they might be
by mkl 2y ago
Make default search be a version of ChatGPT and put ads on it? Could work (I wouldn't use it though). The way a lot of people use their browser they might be fine with it if it puts navigation-type links up top (I have literally seen a technical colleague with a PhD do a Google search for "x" and click a link rather than type the ".com"). The inference costs would surely make it hard to profit from though.
Having just closed a $40 billion USD funding round [1], OpenAI might actually be able to afford a fair price for Chrome (supposedly $15-20 billion USD [2]).
[1] There are some catches to that: https://www.investopedia.com/openai-closes-up-to-usd40b-funding-round-valuing-chatgpt-maker-at-usd300b-11706662 https://www.investopedia.com/openai-closes-up-to-usd40b-fund...
[2] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=chrome+sale+valuation https://duckduckgo.com/?q=chrome+sale+valuation
- usrusr 2y agoAds? Customers would not pay for ads, they would pay for getting convenient "truths" emphasized in the training material, and inconvenient ones deemphasized. Imagine Wikipedia with pay-to-edit.
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- mkl 2y agoAutocompletion is much better for that IME. SEO is too good for anything not really well known, so I find I have to pay much more attention with search results.