While people wait for the next flagship model from OpenAI, new reports suggest that the hot startup might want to launch a search engine soon. Jimmy Apples at X (formerly Twitter) shared some information in this regard. He says OpenAI may consider releasing a search engine instead of a model at an internal event on May 9 at 10 a.m. 10:00 on May 9 for an Openai event may not be model release without a search engine notification. Guess they can't help themselves to boost Google I/O (can't guarantee this, event times and dates are subject to change) — Jimmy Apples 🍎/acc (@apples_jimmy) April 30, 2024
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10:00 on May 9 for an Openai event may not be model release without a search engine announcement. Guess they can't help themselves to boost Google I/O (can't guarantee this, event times and dates are subject to change) — Jimmy Apples 🍎/acc (@apples_jimmy) April 30, 2024
If you're not aware, Google is scheduled to hold its Google I/O event on May 14. This could be a strategy by OpenAI to boost Google ahead of its annual developer conference where the search giant is expected to make big AI announcements.
In support of his claim, Jimmy Apples has shared a log file on Pastebin that shows search.chatgpt.com as a subdomain. But he goes on to say it "could be something really boring / generic" so don't read too much into that. The subdomain currently shows "Not found" instead of sending a 404 or NXDOMAIN error. I inspected the page but there is nothing right now.
