OpenAI Hires Former Chrome Engineer, Eyes Browser Battle via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

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OpenAI hires Chrome seasoned Darin Fisher, signaling plans to make web browser challenging Google's marketplace dominance.

Darin Fisher, a erstwhile Chrome engineer, has joined OpenAI.
OpenAI is reportedly moving connected a browser to instrumentality connected Google Chrome.
The timing is important arsenic Google faces unit from the DOJ to merchantability Chrome.

OpenAI Hires Former Chrome Engineer, Eyes Browser Battle

In what appears to beryllium a improvement successful OpenAI’s expansion, erstwhile Chrome engineering seasoned Darin Fisher has joined the AI company.

This determination adds substance to earlier reports astir OpenAI’s plans to make a web browser to vie with Google Chrome.

Background & Context

Earlier reports from The Information indicated that OpenAI has been softly assembling a squad of erstwhile Google developers to enactment connected a caller browser project.

The institution has reportedly been successful discussions with assorted partners, including Conde Nast, Eventbrite, Redfin, and Priceline, astir implementing specialized hunt features for travel, food, existent estate, and retail websites.

Latest Development

According to an update to his LinkedIn profile, Fisher has precocious joined OpenAI.

Screenshot from LinkedIn, November 2024.

His accomplishment is noteworthy, fixed Fisher’s background successful browser development.

His nonrecreational past includes contributions to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Neeva, making him an plus for OpenAI’s browser ambitions.

You tin larn much astir Fisher and what helium brought to the Chrome squad successful the video below:

Potential Impact

This improvement comes astatine a captious clip successful the browser market.

Google Chrome dominates with approximately 65% of desktop and 68% of mobile users.

However, the marketplace could displacement pursuing caller U.S. Department of Justice proposals suggesting Google should divest its Chrome browser concern owed to monopoly concerns.

Looking Ahead

While OpenAI’s browser task is reportedly successful the aboriginal stages, the summation of experienced browser developers similar Fisher suggests the institution is superior astir entering this space.

The imaginable browser is expected to diagnostic heavy integration with ChatGPT and AI-powered hunt capabilities, though a motorboat timeline remains unclear.

This determination represents different measurement successful OpenAI’s evident strategy to grow beyond axenic AI improvement into consumer-facing products.

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SEJ STAFF Matt G. Southern Senior News Writer astatine Search Engine Journal

Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s grade successful communications, ...