Google is dying. Google is unstoppable. In some ways, right now, it seems like both are true. For the first time in over a decade, it seems like there are products that could actually threaten Google Search as the centerpiece of the web, including OpenAI’s new SearchGPT. And yet, Google Search continues to dominate the market and make truly unimaginable amounts of money.
In This episode of The VergecastWe talk about the launch of SearchGPT, Google’s latest earnings, and the increasingly brazen ways ai companies are using the web for their own purposes. No one knows who will win the future of search, but one thing is certain: the way the web used to work is no longer working. We need new rules, new norms, and new ideas about what the internet should be.
If you want to learn more about everything we discussed in this episode, here are some links to get you started, starting with the future of search:
And about the gadgets and reviews of the week:
And in the lightning round:
