Tuesday, April 18th 2023
Samsung Could Replace Google Search on its Mobile Devices
Google's business of providing the world's largest search engine is reportedly in jeopardy, as the latest reports indicate that Samsung could replace Google Search with another search engine as a default solution on its mobile devices. Samsung, which sells millions of devices per year, is looking to replace the current search engine, Google Search, in favor of more modern AI-powered models. Currently, Google and Samsung have a contract where Google pays the South Korean giant a sum of three billion US dollars per year to keep its search engine as a default option on Samsung's devices. However, this decision is flexible, as the contract is up for renewal and new terms are being negotiated.
With the release of the ChatGPT and AI-powered search that Microsoft Bing enables, Google is reportedly working hard to keep up and integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) into Search. Google's answer to Microsoft Bing is codenamed Project Magi, an initiative to bring AI-powered search supposedly next month. To emphasize the importance of getting this to production, Google was ready to give up three billion US Dollars of revenue to Samsung for keeping Google Search as a default search engine for 12 years without a doubt. However, with the emergence of better solutions like Microsoft Bing, Samsung is considering replacing it with something else. The deal is still open, terms are still negotiated, and for now there are no official mentions of Bing. As a reminder, Google has a similar agreement with Apple, worth 20 billion US Dollars, and Google Search was valued at 162 billion US Dollars last year.
Sources:
The New York Times, via HardwareLuxx
With the release of the ChatGPT and AI-powered search that Microsoft Bing enables, Google is reportedly working hard to keep up and integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) into Search. Google's answer to Microsoft Bing is codenamed Project Magi, an initiative to bring AI-powered search supposedly next month. To emphasize the importance of getting this to production, Google was ready to give up three billion US Dollars of revenue to Samsung for keeping Google Search as a default search engine for 12 years without a doubt. However, with the emergence of better solutions like Microsoft Bing, Samsung is considering replacing it with something else. The deal is still open, terms are still negotiated, and for now there are no official mentions of Bing. As a reminder, Google has a similar agreement with Apple, worth 20 billion US Dollars, and Google Search was valued at 162 billion US Dollars last year.
16 Comments on Samsung Could Replace Google Search on its Mobile Devices
Will it be possible to still use Google? I'm not a big fan of Bing, or any of the modern, politically corrected AI fanciness.
As it is on another subject... Popcorn time! I certainly don't mind Microsoft providing strong competition going forward.
Just like search, AI needs you to be there at the start. If you're not there, there are no people interrogating your engine, so you can't train it. Bing came a decade after Google Search and no matter how much money Microsoft poured into it, it was never able to catch up.
The implication is that AI represents 'better search'. Search is the main pillar under everything Alphabet owns... and now they are not supposedly 'leading in search anymore'. People used to say 'Google it'. This is big. Another thing Google is built upon is Big Data. AI again shows the world that MS might have the 'biggest data'.
Just the idea, the seed planted into minds is a major threat to Google's entire existence.
If Google comes up with their own interface within a year, they're fine. Fall back a couple of years or more, they will probably be looking at what you posted above.
You mean AI
answers"responses" right ?Calling fact checkers "answers" was pretty funny when others did and AI will just be an extensions of that so equally funny by another name
I can't wait for the AI notes explaining why someone is wrong on search engines/ ..... lol mostly false = true really or mostly true = false really let the games continue :laugh:
I chuckled. Have no fear Google, it has you on redirect.
As an aside is Apple working on AI search? Can't believe for one minute they won't dump Google the moment they can offer an alternative.