Either:

OpenAI releases “updates” to GPT-4 and chatgpt to derail Google I/O’s announcements.

Or

OpenAI releases the search product after the Google I/O announcement as a surprise announcement.

Or likely both.

It’s obvious the goal is to massively steer attention away from Google’s announcement as they did before, so OpenAI may likely do two announcements, the second by surprise.

I don’t think they can be silent for this long and come back with just “updates”, they are definitely about to release a surprise.

Sam trying to say ‘not a search engine’ already means they know everyone knows they’ve been working on one and they are trying to not be predictable.

Also, it's a hint generator. Once I've learned enough about a subject, the hints aren't useful. But ask about a new subject that I'm ignorant of and genuinely curious about, and the hints might be useful again, even though sometimes they're wrong.

Think about what they aren’t saying and what has been leaked.