Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, is secretly cooking up its own search engine to reduce its reliance on Google and Microsoft. Driven by the pain of losing billions due to Apple's privacy changes, Meta is crafting a web-crawling, AI-powered search tool. With ambitions to dominate the AI chatbot world, this move marks a fierce battle for control in the tech landscape. Can Meta pull it off? Time will tell, but the gauntlet has been thrown.