The revelation came from Nick Turley, an executive at OpenAI, who testified on behalf of the U.S. government in the landmark trial focused on Google’s monopoly in online search.

The U.S. Department of Justice is pushing to dismantle parts of Google’s business, arguing that its market dominance harms competition. Chrome, which commands a staggering 64% of the global browser market according to Similarweb, is a key asset under scrutiny. In comparison, Apple’s Safari holds just 21%.

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Google has pushed back strongly, dismissing the possibility of Chrome being sold and calling the lawsuit “baseless” and “damaging to U.S. consumers and innovation.”

Taking place in Washington D.C., the trial is one of several moves by U.S. regulators to rein in the power of tech giants. Google is concurrently appealing rulings in two separate cases that found it guilty of maintaining unlawful monopolies in both online search and advertising.

Turley also disclosed that OpenAI previously approached Google with a proposal to integrate its search results into ChatGPT — a collaboration that never materialized. OpenAI currently works closely with Microsoft, which owns the Bing search engine and the Edge browser. Meanwhile, Google continues to advance its own AI efforts through Gemini, a direct competitor to ChatGPT.

The trial is expected to run for three weeks, with major tech firms — including Meta, Amazon, and Apple — watching developments closely.

In a related move, OpenAI is reportedly exploring the launch of its own social media platform, which could position it as a new rival to X (formerly Twitter).