ChatGPT has been using Google Search

They say it takes a village to raise an AI.

Many consider OpenAI’s ChatGPT to be an existential threat to Google’s core Search business, as people turn to the chatbot rather than Google. It turns out, OpenAI has been competing with the help of Google.

While Google doesn’t allow OpenAI to directly access its Search data, OpenAI has been using Google Search results scraped from the web by SerpApi (an 8-year-old firm that specializes in that) to power ChatGPT’s answers on things like news, sports, and the stock market, The Information reports. OpenAI has also previously used data from YouTube to train its AI models without Google’s permission.

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Salesforce beats on earnings but posts light full-year guidance

The SAAS company posted fourth quarter and full 2026 fiscal year results Wednesday.

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Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle will agree to “build, bring, or buy” AI data center power

A month after President Trump called on Big Tech companies to “pay their own way” for data center energy — and a day after Trump pledged as much in his State of the Union address — a number of tech’s biggest companies are planning to make it official, according to a report from Fox News.

Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle, in addition to OpenAI and xAI, plan to sign agreements at a March 4 White House event committing to supply their own electricity for new AI data centers.

“Under this bold initiative, these massive companies will build, bring, or buy their own power supply for new AI data centers, ensuring that Americans’ electricity bills will not increase as demand grows,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox.

Already, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta have committed to as much in recent data center announcements.

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Already, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta have committed to as much in recent data center announcements.

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Anthropic doesn’t want Claude controlling autonomous weapons. The Pentagon may not give them a choice.

A looming Friday deadline to get onboard with the Pentagon’s demands could lead to an unraveling of years of the company’s work with the government.

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Waymo announces Chicago and Charlotte expansion as driverless rollout accelerates

The company is currently operating in 10 US cities.

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Uber to roll out robotaxis with Wayve in 10 markets

Uber also has its sights set on 10 robotaxi markets — a milestone that Alphabet subsidiary Waymo reached yesterday.

As part of its latest $1.5 billion funding round, autonomous tech startup Wayve announced that it will be helping to power robotaxis on Uber’s network, with its first launch in London this year. That’s followed by “plans to scale to more than 10 markets globally.”

The companies didn’t specify the vehicle model, but said Wayve’s AI Driver will be deployed in L4-capable vehicles from participating automakers. Uber will own and operate the fleet.

Microsoft, Nvidia, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, and Stellantis were also part of the fundraise.

Separately, an Uber filing Tuesday showed that newly appointed CFO Balaji Krishnamurthy purchased $1.6 million in company stock.

Uber shares are up about 1% premarket.

Wayve secures $1.5B to deploy its global autonomy platform

The companies didn’t specify the vehicle model, but said Wayve’s AI Driver will be deployed in L4-capable vehicles from participating automakers. Uber will own and operate the fleet.

Microsoft, Nvidia, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, and Stellantis were also part of the fundraise.

Separately, an Uber filing Tuesday showed that newly appointed CFO Balaji Krishnamurthy purchased $1.6 million in company stock.

Uber shares are up about 1% premarket.

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