OpenAI acquires notable 'chat.com' domain to offer ChatGPT services

OpenAI has anunced its ChatGPT has a second destination. artificial intelligence chatbot is w available via 'chat.com' -- an iconic domain that several companies and individuals have outbid each or to grab to bolster ir online presence with utmost convenience for internet users. In or words, visiting 'chat.com' w opens ChatGPT, in dition to original 'chatgpt.com' domain.

First registered in 1996, 'chat.com' has previously been owned by companies that wanted to strengn ir position on web. CEO Sam Altman anunced one of significant developments for Microsoft-backed AI company via a post on X. "chat.com," he wrote, without mentioning anything.

While OpenAI has t revealed price it h to shell out to acquire domain, 'chat.com' was most recently bought by HubSpot's co-founder Dharmesh Shah for $15.5 million in 2023. It is also one of most expensive domains available on internet. OpenAI's acquisition may have paid more than that, but company is t retiring original domain. r is it planning to rebrand its AI bot, which has become a verb for looking up anything using artificial intelligence -- similar to how Google is used for searching anything on internet.

'Chat.com' is also a more memorable domain, helping OpenAI target more customers more effectively, especially with onslaught of rivals like Google's Gemini, Bing Chat, and Perplexity AI.

development comes days after OpenAI anunced that ChatGPT can w work as a search engine, allowing users to find out more relevant and recent information from internet on top of what bot can fetch from its database. "ChatGPT can w search web in a much better way than before so you get fast, timely answers with links to relevant web sources," said company. dition of search engine functionality to ChatGPT puts it in a more competitive position against Google, which owns world's most popular search engine and is using capabilities to power its Gemini AI service.