Cue: Apple will add AI search in mobile Safari, challenging Google
- Apple's senior vice president Eddy Cue testified Wednesday that Apple plans to add AI-powered search options to its Safari browser on iPhones and other devices.
- This development follows the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against Google, which centers on their $20 billion default search deal with Apple on Safari.
- Cue noted that search volumes on Safari declined last month for the first time in 22 years, attributing the shift to growing user preference for AI-based large language models like ChatGPT.
- He said Apple is in talks with AI companies including Perplexity, OpenAI, and Anthropic and expects to add various AI search engines to Safari, while maintaining Google as the default given AI services need further improvement.
- This move suggests potential disruption to Google's dominance in search and risks the lucrative Apple-Google partnership, while signaling technology-driven shifts in how users access information.
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