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OpenAI is planning to introduce a web browser that would be available as an alternative to Safari and Google Chrome, reports Reuters. The AI-powered web browser is "close" to being ready to launch, and it will debut in the coming weeks.

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The OpenAI browser will use artificial intelligence to change how consumers browse the web, and it will give OpenAI access to the very web search data that has allowed Google Chrome to remain the top browser option. OpenAI has asked for Google's search data to improve SearchGPT in the past, but Google refused.

Google parent company Alphabet uses information sourced from its Chrome browser to better target ads to customers, plus Chrome is a quick way to ensure that people use Google Search. OpenAI already has SearchGPT, so a browser that integrates its search product is a next logical step.

The browser that OpenAI is developing will keep some user interactions inside a ChatGPT-style interface rather than directing users to click through to websites. It could also include OpenAI's AI agent products like Operator, allowing the browser to complete tasks like making reservations or filling out forms at the direction of the user.

Back in April, an OpenAI executive said that the company would be interested in purchasing the Chrome browser if Google is forced to sell it as part of an antitrust remedy.

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....and The Browser Company has already released a beta version of their own "AI browser" named Dia for macOS, remember...

It's insane how much change is happening in the AI field...wasn't it just 2 years ago when we were barely able to generate a realistic video using AI? Now, halfway through the 3rd year with LLMs, we are already seeing competition on who can come out with an AI-first browser.

Just an insane pace of progression of AI...when will it slow down?

I remember thinking this same thought when the iPhone was first introduced, and Apple was showing those graphs at WWDC or at their annual iPhone events every year showing at the rapid performance advancement of the A-series chips and the hockey-puck curve...now, Apple doesn't show that slide anymore because the A-series chips/M-series chips have basically matured and the performance curve has plateaued. Not the case the AI. Who knows what is going to happen to our society once AI has matured and the performance has plateaued and tech has moved on to the next thing...

Unimaginable times we are living in folks...

Just wanted to vent a little and put down my 2-cents.

Thanks for reading...
 
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could be interesting.

If we're talking about browsers, one thing id like is for our web bookmarks to have an embellished view. For example, on the chrome web store, there's an extension called "visual bookmarks" whereby, it takes your bookmarks and arranged them in a grid like the iOS home screen. From there, you can add external icons via clearbit or logo.dev to show assign icons to the bookmarks, but it'd be nice if this process was just part of the internet browser itself.
 
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anshuvorty said:
....and The Browser Company has already released a beta version of their own "AI browser" named Dia for macOS, remember...

It's insane how much change is happening in the AI field...wasn't it just 2 years ago when we were barely able to generate a realistic video using AI? Now, halfway through the 3rd year with LLMs, we are already seeing competition on who can come out with an AI-first browser.

Just an insane pace of progression of AI...when will it slow down?

I remember thinking this same thought when the iPhone was first introduced, and Apple was showing those graphs at WWDC or at their annual iPhone events every year showing at the rapid performance advancement of the A-series chips and the hockey-puck curve...now, Apple doesn't show that slide anymore because the A-series chips/M-series chips have basically matured and the performance curve has plateaued. Not the case the AI. Who knows what is going to happen to our society once AI has matured and the performance has plateaued and tech has moved on to the next thing...

Unimaginable times we are living in folks...

Just wanted to vent a little and put down my 2-cents.

Thanks for reading...
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I would say for LLMs the pace of progression has slowed down quite a bit. In fact it seems that technology has run into a brick wall. The SOTA LLMs already use practically all the data that’s out there, and it’s just too expensive to throw more compute at it.
 
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anshuvorty said:
....and The Browser Company has already released a beta version of their own "AI browser" named Dia for macOS, remember...

It's insane how much change is happening in the AI field...wasn't it just 2 years ago when we were barely able to generate a realistic video using AI? Now, halfway through the 3rd year with LLMs, we are already seeing competition on who can come out with an AI-first browser.

Just an insane pace of progression of AI...when will it slow down?

I remember thinking this same thought when the iPhone was first introduced, and Apple was showing those graphs at WWDC or at their annual iPhone events every year showing at the rapid performance advancement of the A-series chips and the hockey-puck curve...now, Apple doesn't show that slide anymore because the A-series chips/M-series chips have basically matured and the performance curve has plateaued. Not the case the AI. Who knows what is going to happen to our society once AI has matured and the performance has plateaued and tech has moved on to the next thing...

Unimaginable times we are living in folks...

Just wanted to vent a little and put down my 2-cents.

Thanks for reading...
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Hockey STICK curve. The hockey puck curve was the mouse Steve tried to foist on us.
 
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dandyryan said:
That Arc successor DIA currently in SHAMBLES as its destined irrelevancy inches nearer
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They should have stuck with Arc. I loved Arc. Once AI started popping up, the CEO got obsessed with it and everything went downhill. Instead of releasing a proper iOS/Android version, they went with some weird half-baked Arc/AI hybrid missing critical basic web browsing features.

I still have not found a browser as enjoyable to use as Arc was. I literally would have paid monthly for it. I am salty and cannot forgive the CEO for abandoning the Arc user base. I won’t feel bad if (when) Dia fails.
 
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I’m curious enough to try it. Will be hard to beat Safari for me though.
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Well, it might not have ads, and it might be part of the $20 monthly fee to use ChatGPT.
Apple has been lagging for a while, Tim Cook is no Steve Job.
It will be interesting to see how it develops, it’s about speed and how to serve you better, it might give you option if you didn’t find what you want. And they might not be scam full as Amazon; when i search for a specific brand even though it is available at Amazon, they greet you with another brand, because it is more profitable for them.
 
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This could be an actual problem for Google if it ends up being more than decent...
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Actually, this may bail Google out. They can point to this as evidence there's browser competition, weakening the DOJ's position that they need to divest and sell off Chrome.
 
The irony if it's another Chromium browser...

As well as another example of OpenAI taking what's out there without truly giving back to the ecosystem.

Now, if OpenAI can honestly say that it's an entirely built from scratch browser, one coded entirely by AI (eating their own dog food...), then we'll talk.

-R
 
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OpenAI is planning to introduce a web browser that would be available as an alternative to Safari and Google Chrome, reports Reuters. The AI-powered web browser is "close" to being ready to launch, and it will debut in the coming weeks.

open-ai-logo.jpg

The OpenAI browser will use artificial intelligence to change how consumers browse the web, and it will give OpenAI access to the very web search data that has allowed Google Chrome to remain the top browser option. OpenAI has asked for Google's search data to improve SearchGPT in the past, but Google refused.

Google parent company Alphabet uses information sourced from its Chrome browser to better target ads to customers, plus Chrome is a quick way to ensure that people use Google Search. OpenAI already has SearchGPT, so a browser that integrates its search product is a next logical step.

The browser that OpenAI is developing will keep some user interactions inside a ChatGPT-style interface rather than directing users to click through to websites. It could also include OpenAI's AI agent products like Operator, allowing the browser to complete tasks like making reservations or filling out forms at the direction of the user.

Back in April, an OpenAI executive said that the company would be interested in purchasing the Chrome browser if Google is forced to sell it as part of an antitrust remedy.

Article Link: OpenAI to Launch AI Web Browser
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Knowing OpenAI, I seriously doubt it would be free. And I pity anyone who pays for a web browser. Not to mention AI-powered browsers are so overrated. I would rather browse the web myself, thank you very much.
 
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The irony if it's another Chromium browser...
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The actual web browser part will 100% be Chromium. However, they will try to keep the user away from viewing actual web pages as much as possible.
 
No thanks, rather stick with Safari or Ducksuckgo if it's all the same. Googles Ai results can be bad enough.
 
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I just tried Dia, to see what it was like, and it's completely pointless. It's just a low-feature browser with a chatbot wedged in its side. As a preview of an AI browser, it's not inspiring.
 
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