So far, there doesn't seem to be an awful lot that ChatGPT – the chatbot powered by artificial intelligence (AI) – can't do. It has been used to pass exams, deliver a sermon, write software and give relationship advice -- to name just a handful of its functions. The bot is currently free for anyone to use, meaning that lots of users have been asking it questions to get the information they need in their daily lives. Since the turn of the millennium, this job has been primarily reserved for Google -- the world's most popular search engine and its $149 billion (£120 billion) business. And, if so, which of the warring tech giants will get there first?

By the time you have finished reading this article, OpenAI's stunning new ChatGPT service will have drowned you with information. The "best chatbot ever constructed" gained a million users in the first week of its debut, and it seems that each and every one of them had something to say about it. I'll focus on one unique ChatGPT feature instead of contributing to the enthusiastic acclaim, surprised reactions, and even apocalypse scenarios: Will it dethrone Google and replace "search"? It seems like a lot of captivated users believe this. While @mertbio adamantly claims that "OpenAI just destroyed Google," @jdkelly announces that "Google is gone."