Google declined OpenAI bid for partnership, exec testifies at trial

Jody Godoy - Reuters - 19:26
Alphabet's Google shot down a bid by OpenAI to use its search technology within ChatGPT, an OpenAI executive testified on Tuesday at Google's antitrust trial in Washington.
  • Judge previously found Google used exclusive agreements to bolster search monopoly
  • Trial deals with proposed remedies to restore competition
  • Antitrust enforcers concerned Google's dominance could extend to AI
WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google shot down a bid by OpenAI to use its search technology within ChatGPT, an OpenAI executive testified on Tuesday at Google's antitrust trial in Washington.
OpenAI reached out to Google after experiencing issues with its own search provider, ChatGPT head of product Nick Turley said, without naming the provider. ChatGPT uses technology from Microsoft's search engine, Bing.

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"We believe having multiple partners, and in particular Google's API, would enable us to provide a better product to users," OpenAI told Google, according to an email shown at trial.
OpenAI first reached out in July, and Google declined the request in August, saying it would involve too many competitors, according to the email.
"We have no partnership with Google today," Turley said.
The U.S. Department of Justice and a broad coalition of state attorneys general are seeking an order from a judge in Washington that would require Google to sell its Chrome browser and take other measures. They hope to end what the judge found was Google's monopoly in online search and related advertising.
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