Opinion: ChatGPT shouldn't be classified as search engine just because it uses it
castrotech · x · 2026-09-02
Regarding the EU AI Act, the author argues that Brussels should resist stretching old laws just because new tech like ChatGPT doesn't fit existing categories. The key distinction is that search engines retrieve and rank third-party content, while ChatGPT generates and synthesizes information. Using web search as a tool shouldn't redefine the entire service as a search engine.
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