OpenAI is reportedly readying an AI-powered web browser to challenge Google Chrome. This browser is set to debut in the coming weeks, Reuters reported Wednesday (July 9), citing sources familiar with the matter, with the goal of employing artificial intelligence (AI) to change how people browse the web. The report argues that this browser would allow OpenAI better access to one of the keys to Google success: user data. And if the 500 million weekly users of OpenAI’s ChatGPT were to adopt this browser, this could eat into Google’s ad revenue, 75% of which comes from Chrome, the report added. Sources told Reuters the OpenAI’s browser is designed to keep some user interactions inside a ChatGPT-like native chat interface rather than clicking through to websites, and that the browser is tied to a larger plan by OpenAI to meld its services with users’ work and home lives. PYMNTS has contacted OpenAI for comment but has not yet gotten a reply. As Reuters notes, OpenAI has been facing heavy competition from Google and rival AI firm Anthropic, and is seeking new paths to growth. The company in May said it would enter the device space as it paid $6.5 billion for io, the startup run by ex-Apple design chief Jony Ive. The news came the same day that another AI company — Perplexity — unveiled its new web browser, dubbed Comet, which allows users to answer questions, conduct tasks and carry out research from a single interface.

Full report : After Perplexity AI, OpenAI to release its own web browser in challenge to Google Chrome.