Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates foresees the emergence in the near future of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) application that will completely change user behavior and eradicate currently popular tools such as search engines or online stores.

According to the billionaire, this AI assistant, which has yet to be developed, will be able to understand a person's needs and habits and will also put an end to the use of the Internet as we know it.

Fighting for the lead in creating the best AI-based generative tool are tech giants like Google with Bard, Microsoft with Bing, as well as startups like OpenAI with ChatGPT.

"Never again will we go to a search engine, never again will we go to a productivity site or to Amazon," said Bill Gates during a Goldman Sachs and SV Angel event in San Francisco on AI.

That's why "the most important thing is who gets a personal agent", he added.

As for which company will create this assistant, Gates stressed that he would be disappointed if Microsoft didn't "step in".

The Microsoft co-founder also pointed out that he is "impressed" by some startups, including Inflection.AI, co-founded by former DeepMind executive Mustafa Suleyman.