Google issued a "code red" in response to the rise of AI bot ChatGPT, NYT reports.
CEO Sundar Pichai redirected some teams to focus on building out AI products, per the report.
The move comes as talks abound over whether ChatGPT could one day replace Google's search engine.
ChatGPT "is not something that people can use reliably on a daily basis," Zoubin Ghahramani, who leads the Google's A.I.
Instead, Google may focus on improving its search engine over time rather than taking it down, experts told the Times.