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Communication Services · resolves 25.02.04 · closed

In early 2023, would ChatGPT-style AI disrupt Google Search's business by 2024?

After ChatGPT launched in November 2022, many said AI chatbots would replace the search results page where Google makes most of its money, shrinking Search revenue or its margins. Others said Search would keep growing.

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Outcome: Not disrupted · resolved 25.02.04 · Alphabet Q4 2024 earnings release, https://abc.xyz/investor/ · a stance dated before that is a call, marked right or wrong below

Where the experts stand
Disrupted
3 on record 75%
Not disrupted
1 on record 25%
Where the public stands
Disrupted
0 answers —
Not disrupted
0 answers —
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Disrupted — 3 on record Wrong

Satya NadellaExecutive · BEATS 8
From now on, the [gross margin] of search is going to drop forever.
said 23.02.07 on Financial Times interview · source
Cathie WoodFund Manager · BEATS 5
I've never liked Google Search. You have to prompt it in a certain kind of way. ChatGPT is much easier. ... I think it really is going to cause a lot of problems for Google.
said 23.05.20 on Fortune MPW Next Gen conference · source
Paul BuchheitBEATS —
Google may be only a year or two away from total disruption. AI will eliminate the Search Engine Result Page, which is where they make most of their money.
said 22.12.01 on X (Twitter), quoted by Fortune · source

Not disrupted — 1 on record Right

Sundar PichaiExecutive · BEATS 9
The opportunity space, if anything, is bigger than before.
said 23.04.06 on Wall Street Journal interview · source
How it resolves · 25.02.04 · Resolves 'Disrupted' if Alphabet's Google Search & other revenue for full-year 2024 fell below 2022's (about $162.5B) or Alphabet's operating margin fell. What happened: Search & other revenue rose about 13% to $198.1B in 2024 (from $175.0B in 2023), and Alphabet's operating margin rose to 32% from 27%. Resolves 'Not disrupted'. · by Alphabet Q4 and fiscal year 2024 earnings release (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1) Dispute a quote