Microsoft-backed (MSFT) AI firm OpenAI has been using search results from tech giant Google (GOOGL) without getting them directly from Google itself, according to The Information. Instead, it’s been accessing this data through SerpApi, which is a web-scraping company that collects Google search results. This data helps ChatGPT answer questions about current events like sports scores or stock market updates. However, Google hasn’t been happy about OpenAI accessing its search results this way.
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Indeed, a year ago, it turned down OpenAI’s direct request for access. Since then, Google has tried to make it harder for SerpApi to scrape its content, although it hasn’t taken legal action in order to avoid regulatory backlash during its antitrust trial. Nevertheless, OpenAI also uses its own web crawler and data from Microsoft’s Bing and other companies to improve ChatGPT’s responses.
Still, OpenAI admits that it can’t yet match Google’s accuracy using only its own web crawler or Bing data, especially for uncommon searches. In addition, developers have noticed that ChatGPT sometimes shows results that resemble Google’s search snippets. For example, in one test, a former Google engineer created fake webpages that appeared only in Google’s index, and ChatGPT still surfaced them. This suggests that it pulled info from Google.
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