OpenAI’s head of ChatGPT testified in Google’s antitrust case that the company would be interested in buying the Chrome web browser if Alphabet is forced to spin it off. OpenAI has its own search product but has struggled with distribution;

Judge Amit Mehta, who is presiding over the case, has already found that Google used exclusionary agreements to maintain its search dominance. If the court sides with the Justice Department, it could result in drastic remedies — including forcing Google to sell off Chrome, one of its most strategic assets.

As the federal government and Google work through potential remedies for the company’s illegal monopoly over online search, OpenAI is interested in purchasing the Chrome browser, should the court order it be sold off to loosen Google’s grip on the market.