OpenAI says ChatGPT is catching up to Google in search

OpenAI consumer product lead Adam Fry said at a Monday press event that search queries through ChatGPT now equal 20 percent of Google's search volume, defining a search as a query that results in a web search. He did not specify the source of the Google figure, and the article notes OpenAI likely relies on Microsoft Bing for a significant part of its searches alongside its in-house index. Fry also said ads have not negatively impacted the product or its usage, as OpenAI expands sponsored product images in ChatGPT.