OpenAI is adding to Google’s troubles in the UK; with this ‘ChatGPT request’ on Android phones

OpenAI is reportedly planning to piggyback on Google to expand ChatGPT’s role in the UK’s search market. The Sam Altman-led company has asked the country’s regulators to require Google to offer its chatbot as an alternative search option on Android phones and in web browsers, a report claims. The move comes as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) considers new measures that would require Google to present users with a “choice screen” on Android and Chrome, enabling them to select a default search provider.

According to a report by The Telegraph, OpenAI has argued that, along with traditional search engines like Microsoft Bing, AI-driven tools like ChatGPT should also be included as options, signaling a shift in how search services are defined and offered to users.