The race for AI dominance is heating up, with big tech companies going head-to-head to see who comes out on top. As Meta works hard to keep pace with OpenAI and Google, it seems the company behind Facebook and Instagram is now setting its sights on building a search engine of its own.
Meta aims for search engine independence
A recent report (subscription required) reveals Meta is working on a web-crawling search engine for its chatbot, aiming to provide up-to-date, conversational responses on current events through Meta AI. The company has also teamed up with Reuters to ensure its AI can tackle news-related questions more accurately.
Meta has apparently been at work indexing the web for around eight months, aiming to integrate this data into Meta AI and potentially rival Google Search and Bing. While Meta hinted at its web-crawling tech earlier this year – framing it as part of “training AI models or improving products” – it stopped …