ChatGPT vs Google: Is ChatGPT Going to Replace Google?

Is ChatGPT the new search engine? Is it going to sink Google?

Read this entire blog post for a side-by-side comparison of ChatGPT vs Google from various aspects to determine whether ChatGPT will replace Google.

Millions of users, thousands of new tweets every day, hundreds of headlines — well, that’s how OpenAI’s ChatGPT is trending over the internet today. News sites are flooded with thousands of stories about the revolutionary chatbot making lives easier. But will ChatGPT change how people use the internet forever totally? Is it a threat to Google? Well, answering such questions without considering every aspect of the story would not be justifiable.

Recently, I compared ChatGPT vs. Bard vs. Bing to find out which AI chatbot is better. Do check it out!

In this blog post, I will compare Google vs Google from various aspects and provide you with an unbiased opinion. 😃

Table of Contents

• ChatGPT vs Google: Highlights
• First Things First: Basic Difference Between Google and ChatGPT
• The Battlefield: OpenAI’s ChatGPT vs Google
• Final Take on ChatGPT vs Google
  • Will ChatGPT replace Google?
• Commonly Asked Questions Related to ChatGPT & Google

ChatGPT vs Google: Highlights

• Google is the world’s most popular internet search engine, with a market share of 92.58%. It also has its own conversational AI technology, such as Google Assistant.
• ChatGPT reached a milestone of a million signups within a week of its launch.
• With its ever-evolving algorithms, Google is good at helping searchers find correct information on the internet from billions of websites.
• OpenAI’s ChatGPT is a conversation platform that answers queries and provides responses like a human being.
• Currently, the research preview version of ChatGPT is open to use and is trained using only 570 GB of data.
• Microsoft is planning to invest $10 billion in OpenAI and combine ChatGPT with Bing, which can give tough competition to Google.
• Google issued ‘code red’ in response to the hype of ChatGPT. According to media reports, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, has already redirected some teams to focus on building out AI products.

First Things First: Basic Difference Between Google and ChatGPT

In simple terms, ChatGPT (Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) is an AI chatbot that interacts in a conversational manner — just like a real human. It is based on the GPT-3.5 large language model, which uses natural language processing and is trained using human feedback. It has analyzed over 570 gigabytes of textual data and has been trained to predict the next word in a series of words or sentences.

The prototype of ChatGPT was launched by OpenAI on 30 November 2022. Currently, the research preview version of the chatbot is totally free to use for everyone.

On the other side, Google is a leading internet search engine with a hefty market share. 9 out of 10 internet users prefer Google for finding websites and information on the internet. It is owned by Google LLC which is a subsidiary company of Alphabet Inc. According to Google, its index contains hundreds of billions of web pages on the internet and is sized over 100,000,000 gigabytes.

In 2021, the company also introduced Google LaMDA, their breakthrough conversation technology, and calls themselves an ‘AI-first’ company. Google is also expected to triple down on AI and NLP in the upcoming years.

ChatGPT	Google
ChatGPT is an AI-powered dialogue-based chatbot developed by OpenAI. It is a fine-tuned version of GPT-3.5 large language model.	Google is an internet search engine, which is owned by Google LLC.
It is good at understanding prompts and providing responses using natural language processing.	It excels at helping users find helpful information and websites on the internet.
Currently, the research preview (prototype) of ChatGPT is available for free now. We can expect a pro version of ChatGPT soon.	Google’s search engine is totally free to use for everyone.
The prototype of ChatGPT is based on only 570 gigabytes of textual data.	Google index contains over hundreds of billions of web pages amounting to over 1,00,000,000 gigabytes of data.
The prototype of ChatGPT has limited knowledge of the world’s events only up to September 2021.	Leading search engine Google keeps its index afresh to pace up with the latest events and happenings around the world.
Although having limited knowledge, ChatGPT is insanely good at understanding the user’s prompts and generating responses and solutions through NLP.	Google relies on the available data in its index to answer the user’s queries and searches.
The dialogue-based conversations on ChatGPT do not provide any details about the sources of information, which may put a question mark on its reliability.	Being an internet search engine, Google offers multiple options to choose from for the search results, and also provides a complete source of information on the result pages.
As of now, ChatGPT only offers textual answers to queries.	Google offers results in the most-suitable form — text, images, videos, QnA, products, etc.

One more thing: Google is available 24 x 7 x 365 to help you with anything!

ChatGPT may sometimes need rest, making you wait for it to get back on track 😉

The Battlefield: OpenAI’s ChatGPT vs Google

Ready for a head-to-head between Google and ChatGPT?

Let’s see who takes the trophy home!

Round #1: Factuality Check

I asked Google & ChatGPT:

“What is the speed of light in a vacuum?”

Although both provided me with the actual answer, ChatGPT’s response was concise and straightforward.

Therefore, we can say both ChatGPT & Google are good at finding factual answers.

Let’s try something else now!

Well, ChatGPT lacks behind Google when providing fresh and updated information.

Winner: It’s a tie between ChatGPT & Google. 👏

Round #2: Usefulness Test

I tried to find some detailed answers to find which is more helpful — Google or ChatGPT.

“How to train a labrador puppy?”

Google provided me with a list of articles on labrador puppy training. I need to choose one from the list to reach the actual answer!

On the other hand, ChatGPT’s response was very straightforward, concise, and helpful!

Winner: ChatGPT 🎉

Round #3: Real-Life Applications

Understanding users’ queries and providing exact solutions makes ChatGPT one of a kind!

You can use ChatGPT to find solutions to almost any problem. Let it be coding, writing, or almost any other thing.

Let’s take the following screenshot, for example; I asked ChatGPT and Google to suggest me a good social media caption. If you are an e-commerce store owner, ChatGPT can also come handy to you in various tasks. Learn here to use ChatGPT for Magento 2 stores.

ChatGPT remained creative!!

Some other ways you can use ChatGPT (over Google) are:

• Content Writing/Editing
• Coding and Debugging
• Basic Search Engine Optimization
• Keyword Research
• Translation
• Understanding Difficult Concepts
• Solve Maths Problems
• Personal Chat Companion

Winner: ChatGPT 🎉

Final Take on ChatGPT vs Google

The story has just begun.

ChatGPT is currently in its research preview and is already making people crazy! Now the new feature of ChatGPT that enables data analysis and visualization, code editing, file conversion and other advanced tasks can be done by Code interpreter in ChatGPT.

OpenAI is expected to roll out a paid version of ChatGPT soon, which will be more powerful and come with extended limits. 🎯

Will ChatGPT replace Google?

Microsoft, holding a major stake in OpenAI, has also launched Bing Chat, combining ChatGPT with its search engine. This combination of a cutting-edge large learning model with a powerful search engine like Bing can be dreadful for Google.

Will ChatGPT be a replacement for Google or not — it is still a matter of debate. But, believe me — things are surely going to change for good! 😀 and here are some ChatGPT alternatives to look toward before these changes come. I have found some really interesting Chatbot statistics that will help you judge its effectiveness and decide if you should have one for your business.

& that’s a wrap for ChatGPT vs Google.

Thanks for reading! 🙂

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Commonly Asked Questions Related to ChatGPT & Google

Is Google scared of ChatGPT?

Ans. Newyork Times reported that Google’s management team issued ‘code red’ in response to the rise of ChatGPT. It is also focusing on developing AI-based products. These actions suggest that ChatGPT has shaken the internet search engine market leader, and it would be fair to say that Google sees ChatGPT as a significant threat.

Ans. Yes, it is possible to combine ChatGPT with Google. If you are using Google Chrome, you can install ChatGPT for Google extension from the web store, which allows you to get ChatGPT responses on the Google search engine result pages.

How will ChatGPT affect SEO?

Ans. ChatGPT will make daily tasks easier for the SEOs, such as keyword research, topic generation, article outline building, on-page audit, etc.

Will ChatGPT kill blogging?

Ans. No, ChatGPT is not going to kill blogging. AI-generated content (without human touch) will be a common thing in the future — causing actual content to be a rare thing to find! Therefore, human-created content is going to be valued more than ever before.

Will ChatGPT Replace Programmers?

Ans. Programming or developing is more than just coding. ChatGPT may be good at generating codes but still lacks problem-solving abilities. Read what experts think about it.

Which is better, Google or Chat GPT?

Ans. ChatGPT is insanely good at generating human-like responses to queries and solving problems through textual conversations. On the other hand, Google is really good at finding information, videos, images, products, and almost anything on the internet.