Your internet browser is in many respects your worldview. I'm David Brancaccio in New York. OpenAI, which triggered the AI boom with its chat, GPT, artificial intelligence, is reportedly working on an AI-powered internet browser. That's according to the tech site called the information, which cites people who have seen prototypes or designs.

The reporting suggests OpenAI still hasn't decided whether to go forward with this, which would be a major challenge to Alphabet's Google.

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Well, David, the information says OpenEI has reached out to a number of developers and companies about this browser idea it's working on and the search features associated with it.

Among the companies are said to be Condi Nast, Redfin, Eventbright, and Priceline.

The report also says OpenEI is not close to launching a browser yet.

This is all still in the idea stages, apparently.

Google Chrome, dominant Internet browser, Google dominant search engine.

It would seem OpenAI could directly challenge Google.

Well, it certainly could.

OpenEI has made several moves towards that end, and it recently introduced a prototype.

It calls Search GPT.

Now this browser idea would complement the search

product, presumably the idea, and the timing of all of this, David, is interesting because the

Justice Department submitted court filings on Wednesday in one of its two antitrust cases against

Google, in which are proposed forcing Google to break up its business by selling off its Chrome

browser.

Now, the DOJ also wants the presiding judge in the case to set limits on how the Android mobile operating system operates, potentially forcing Android sell-off as well.

These would be huge antitrust-related changes, the likes of which we haven't seen since the

Microsoft case, what, 25 years ago now.

And if you're Google, you might point to pending competition from the likes of OpenEI

in your argument against being forced to break up your business, David.

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