OpenAI is about to an AI injected web browser to challenge Google Chrome

OpenAI is on the verge of releasing its own web browser in a bout to challenge the market-dominating browser, Google Chrome.

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A new report from Reuters claims to have obtained information that OpenAI will be releasing this new browser within the "coming weeks," and that it will directly integrate OpenAI services such as ChatGPT in an effort to fundamentally change how people browse the internet. Why does OpenAI want its own web browser? All artificial intelligence tools need data to be trained on, and one of the biggest troves of user data is in web browsers, particularly Google Chrome.

According to the report, OpenAI's web browser will be Chromium-based, meaning it's built on the foundations of Google Chrome. By doing this, OpenAI will be getting direct access to Google's user data, and if the 400 million weekly active users of ChatGPT transition over to the new browser, it will take a significant chunk out of Chrome's 3.45 billion monthly users.

Notably, Google and its parent company, Alphabet, rely on Chrome to harvest user data that is then used to sell targeted advertising. Taking a significant portion of Alphabet's user base that generates this proverbial digital gold (user data) would certainly maim the company, or at the very least impact it negatively.

Why would users want to switch over to OpenAI's new browser? According to people familiar with the matter, the new browser would directly integrate OpenAI's AI services, enabling users to access AI agents that can carry out tasks throughout the browsing experience.

An example would be telling an AI agent to book reservations at a place to eat, fill out forms, find the best deals on a product, message clients, etc, all while the user is doing something else in the browser. Essentially, the browser would be integrated with a digital assistant ready to complete any task the user wants it to do.