What is ChatGPT? Can it replace Google? All you need to know

Fears are spreading in Silicon Valley that ChatGPT – the AI chatbot taking the world by storm – could become the globe's go-to search engine. Google execs are said to have declared a'code red' over fears its $150-billion-a-year search business monopoly could be wiped out thanks to the Microsoft-backed tool. Much has been made about ChatGPT's ability to perform eerily-human professional tasks such as writing emails and resumes. But fears in big tech stem from the fact it can instantly conversationally respond to users' questions, using data aggregated from the internet. That's a worry for search engines that rely on users scrolling and researching themselves, exposing them to advertisements.