OpenAI wants to buy Chrome if Google is forced to sell

The big picture: If Google really is forced to sell Chrome – as proposed by the DOJ after the company was ruled a monopoly in its antitrust trial – OpenAI could emerge as a potential buyer. The ChatGPT maker has admitted it's interested in acquiring the world's most popular browser and turning it into an "AI-first" experience.

Following Judge Amit Mehta's ruling that Google was a monopolist in online search last year, the Justice Department pushed for the immediate sale of Chrome. The remedies phase of the trial began this week in Washington.

Nick Turley, head of product for ChatGPT at OpenAI, was one of the DOJ's witnesses on Tuesday. He testified that OpenAI had contacted Google last year about a partnership that would improve ChatGPT. The chatbot already uses Bing's search data, but Turley mentioned there had been "significant quality issues" with a company referred to ...