ChatGPT Shatters Google’s (GOOGL) Search Monopoly – New Data Reveals AI Takeover
Google's iron grip on search is slipping—and ChatGPT's claws are digging deep. Fresh metrics show the AI upstart rewriting the rules of information retrieval while Mountain View scrambles to adapt.
The disruptor effect in action
No more 90% market share dominance. No more unquestioned supremacy. OpenAI's chatbot has users bypassing search engines entirely for complex queries—and Wall Street's starting to sweat those juicy ad revenues.
Finance footnote: At least Alphabet can still monetize your Gmail data while figuring this whole 'innovation' thing out.
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In fact, in an antitrust hearing this April, Sissie Hsiao—the former head of Google’s Gemini chatbot—said that ChatGPT has already replaced some search queries, especially for homework and math help. While those types of searches don’t bring in much advertising money, Hsiao’s testimony suggested that the growing popularity of AI tools could lead to larger, long-term threats.
As a result, Google’s ad chief, Vidhya Srinivasan, said that losing commercial searches—the kind tied to shopping and ads—is not just a risk, but something that is “inevitable.” The latest data suggests that this shift is already starting to happen. And that is a big deal because most of Google’s revenue comes from ads on its search platform. Meanwhile, OpenAI, which is backed by Microsoft (MSFT), continues to improve ChatGPT and make it even easier to use, which could pull even more users away from Google over time.
Is Google Stock a Good Buy?
Turning to Wall Street, analysts have a Strong Buy consensus rating on GOOGL stock based on 29 Buys and nine Holds assigned in the past three months. Furthermore, the average GOOGL price target of $199.11 per share implies 14.88% upside potential from current levels.
