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OpenAI's head of product for ChatGPT is named Nick Turley, and he testified at the remedy phase of the Department of Justice's successful monopoly suit against Google. When asked if OpenAI would be interested in buying the Chrome browser from Google, Turley didn't mince words. "Yes, we would," he responded, "as would many other parties." That's according to The Information.
The fact that plenty of other companies would be interested in relieving Google of the burden of Chrome isn't surprising. It's the most popular browser on the planet, and its open-source Chromium codebase powers most other browsers (including Microsoft's Edge, Opera, plus smaller players like Brave, Vivaldi, and Arc). The only major players left on the market that don't use Chromium are Firefox and Apple's Safari.
Divested of its deep ties to Google for search, advertising, and mobile integration on Android, Chrome would be less of a crowning jewel of web properties. But it would still be en
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