TOP LAUNCHES

Open AI’s Google killer, a desktop app for Claude, and more.

Top launches

ChatGPT Search: ChatGPT can now search the web in a much better way than before. You can get fast, timely answers with links to relevant web sources, which you would have previously needed to go to a search engine for. Could this be a Google killer? 

Claude for Desktop: Not as groundbreaking as ChatGPT Search but still a good addition to an AI stack. The new desktop app does exactly what it says on the tin: it allows you to use the company’s flagship language model, Claude, on your desktop as opposed to going to the site.

Bolt: Bolt is a dream for building MVPs. Put in a simple prompt and watch it build a functioning web app ready to deploy with a single click. I tried it with “make a Product Hunt clone,” and what do you know? Within two minutes, a fairly indistinguishable working clone was live on my screen.

Chat2DB Local: Chat2DB Local lets you write and analyze SQL with the help of AI. It helps to generate optimal SQL based on your needs and from there you can extract insights to make informed decisions. 

Magic Notepad: It’s rightfully described as if Apple Notes and ChatGPT had a baby. Just jot down what matters to you, and your AI takes it from there, organizing your raw notes and meeting transcription into structured insights, beautiful formatting, and next steps.

THE BIG IDEA

Will OpenAI kill Google’s search monopoly?

ChatGPT has always been a little behind on the times. Each model release came with a cutoff date for the data it could access. 

That changes with GPT Search. Finally, the chatbot has internet access. It can take whatever prompt you throw at it, scour the web, and bring back up-to-date answers in seconds. And it’s surprisingly solid—I’ve been using it to find recipes without having to scroll through the endless essay recipe posters love to include. 

It even has a browser extension that makes ChatGPT your default search engine. Still, switching from Google after a lifetime of using it feels... weird.

Will ChatGPT replace Google? That’s the trillion-dollar question. It might, but probably not anytime soon. Google isn’t just a search tool; it’s part of our daily routines and vocabulary (“Google it” is a verb, after all). 

Plus, Google’s AI model, Gemini, is no lightweight. They’re already mixing AI into search results, even if it’s been a bit hit-or-miss. With 8.5 billion daily searches compared to ChatGPT’s 10 million queries, it’s like watching Sisyphus try to push his boulder up the hill. If Google manages to blend AI into its search seamlessly without messing with what we’re used to, it’ll be hard to beat.

That’s not to say all hope for a Google killer is lost, though. AI bursting onto the scene is probably the first time in a long time that Google has felt the heat. Suddenly, we’re getting models that can browse faster and provide more accurate results than any Google search can. Plus, the lack of ads is a big plus. There’s a big pie that Google has dominated for a long time, and if Open AI keeps its head down, I can see it taking more than a fair slice. — Aaron

Overheard in the discourse

“Google’s dominance of search should extend far into the AI era. According to judge Amit Mehta, who is overseeing the US antitrust case against it, the huge amount of search query data it has amassed has left it with unique insight into the web results users find most relevant — something generative AI models can’t do on their own.” — Richard Waters in the Financial Times. 

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