OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said he would be interested in buying Google’s Chrome web browser if the U.S. government required the search giant to sell the product, according to remarks reported by The Verge on 15 Aug. Altman did not outline potential terms or financing and stressed that any move would depend on a government-mandated divestiture. Google has not signaled plans to part with Chrome, which remains the world’s most-used browser.
Sam Altman: we are interested in buying Chrome. That would take OpenAI's own AI browser to the next level. https://t.co/4cR8esWiBn
🚨 Sam Altman says OpenAI is interested in buying Google Chrome, alongside possible trillion-dollar data center investments, during a dinner with Verge reporters in San Francisco. https://t.co/9XQoI0lQ1x
🔥 LATEST: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman eyes Chrome purchase if Google is compelled to sell, per The Verge. https://t.co/CK7PTNZhZF