--- title: "OpenAI Trying to Buy Chrome So It Can Ingest Your Entire Online Life to Train AI" description: "The government is looking to break up Google's monopoly over the internet — and OpenAI is ready to swoop in." date: "2025-04-24" modified: "2025-04-24" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/openai-chrome-google-antitrust" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "OpenAI" tags: - "chrome" - "Google" - "OpenAI" - "web browser" --- # OpenAI Trying to Buy Chrome So It Can Ingest Your Entire Online Life to Train AI ![The government is looking to break up Google's monopoly over the internet — and OpenAI is ready to swoop in.]() *SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 05: Sam Altman arrives at the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 05, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/FilmMagic) \Image: Steve Granitz/FilmMagic\* The government is looking to break up Google's monopoly over the internet — and OpenAI is ready to swoop in. As [*Ars Technica* reports](), OpenAI product head Nick Turley affirmed in the Justice Department's landmark antitrust case against Google that his employer would, if given the chance, purchase the search giant's flagship internet browser, Chrome. "Yes, we would \[be interested\], as would many other parties," Turley said when asked if OpenAI would ever buy Chrome. The DOJ proposed the potential sale of Chrome during hearings this week for the remedy phase of the agency's case against Google, which last year was [ruled to be an illegal monopoly]() by a federal judge. That judge, Amit Mehta, was purportedly skeptical about the DOJ's suggestion to sell off Chrome — but the DOJ argued, per *Ars*, that the browser is a key part of Google's monopoly and would restore some competition should it no longer be under its umbrella. OpenAI has mused in the past about creating its own web browser and even [hired a few Google developers]() to that end. Buying Chrome would not only make the company more visible, as Turley suggested during the hearing, but also give it a staggering amount of data to train its AI models — in the form of its billions of users, whose use of the browser could be used to develop AI agents that will compete against them in the job market. That's not all that OpenAI has its eye on, either. Along with the proposed divestment of Chrome, the Justice Department has also suggested that Google be forced to share its search index with other companies to level the playing field — and during the trial, Turley revealed that OpenAI had attempted to get access to it already. "We believe having multiple partners," Turley told the search giant in emails presented as evidence, "and in particular Google's API, would enable us to provide a better product to users." As Turley told the court, Google ultimately rebuffed OpenAI because it believed that such a deal would harm its leading edge in search. As of now, it remains to be seen how the government will break up the Google monopoly — and with OpenAI's hat in the ring, there's a future in which ChromeGPT could plague our browsing experiences. **More on OpenAI's expansion**: [*OpenAI Is Secretly Building a Social Network*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()