According to a report from Meta is working on an AI-powered search engine to reduce its dependence on Google and Microsoft The information. According to reports, the search engine would provide AI-generated search summaries of current events within the Meta AI chatbot.
The meta AI bot, integrated into Instagram and Facebook, currently uses Google – whose parent company Alphabet will report quarterly results tomorrow – and Microsoft Bing to answer questions about breaking news and events.
That could change at some point, as Meta's web crawler was spotted on the Internet months ago. The information According to the source, a team has been working on building a database of information for its chatbot for about eight months. Meta has been working on creating location data that could compete with Google Maps and last month Bloomberg reported that Apple's work on search tools in the App Store showed that the company “has what it needs for its own AI-powered replacement for Google Search.”
Last week, Meta also announced that it had signed a multi-year deal with the company Reutersallowing its chatbot to use the outlet's news articles in responses. The edge reached out to Meta for comment but did not immediately receive a response.