An internal OpenAI document revealed as part of a discovery demand in the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust case against Google reveals OpenAI’s plan to turn ChatGPT into the public’s primary Internet interface. Although heavily redacted, the document effectively reveals OpenAI’s goal is to have ChatGPT replace Google Chrome and Search with an “AI super assistant that deeply understands you and is your interface to the Internet.” Aside from bolstering Google’s position that it has competition and is not an impregnable monopoly, the information contained therein provides an in-depth look at OpenAI’s roadmap.

The Decoder writes that the internal OpenAI strategy document “reveals how OpenAI plans to turn ChatGPT into a ubiquitous super assistant by mid-2025, serving as a personalized gateway to the entire Internet.”

The company’s goal is “to build an ‘intuitive AI super assistant’ that handles tasks, takes action on behalf of users, and moves seamlessly across different channels, essentially serving as a personalized interface for everyday digital life,” The Decoder reports.

Emphasizing “ChatGPT is already more than a chatbot,” OpenAI details it as an “intelligent entity with T-shaped skills” that is “personalized to you and available anywhere you go — including chatgpt.com, our native apps, phone, email, or third-party surfaces like Siri.”

While OpenAI says “we don’t call our product a search engine, a browser, or an OS — it’s just ChatGPT,” as a practical matter, the functionality it describes strongly suggests making the need for both browsers and search engines obsolete in the short term, and possibly serving as an operating system in the long term.

“In the near term, rivals include other AI chatbots like Claude, Gemini, or Copilot. In the ‘broader game,’ traditional search engines, browsers, and ‘even interactions with real people’ are considered competitors,” The Decoder points out.

“OpenAI also stated its support for regulations requiring platforms to let users choose ChatGPT as their default assistant,” per Tom’s Guide, which notes “the document also offers a fascinating glimpse into how OpenAI views its competitors like Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Meta AI.”

On Friday, lawyers for Google and the DOJ made closing arguments before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who had “earlier found that Google is a monopolist in search and that it abused its power to maintain dominance,” writes The Wall Street Journal, explaining that “the government’s proposals for improving competition include curbing Google’s ability to promote Gemini, its AI product that competes with ChatGPT.”

In an April trial phase, an OpenAI executive testified the company “would be interested in buying Google’s Chrome if antitrust enforcers are successful in forcing the Alphabet  unit to sell the popular web browser as part of a bid to restore competition in search,” according to Reuters.

Related:
OpenAI Can Stop Pretending, The Atlantic, 5/30/25
OpenAI’s Bold Vision for ChatGPT Seems Poised for a Familiar Business Model: Ads, Digiday, 5/26/25
‘Humanity Deserves Better’: iPhone Designer on New Partnership with OpenAI, The Guardian, 6/2/25
ChatGPT Is Making Us Weird, Business Insider, 6/1/25