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What is SearchGPT? Exploring SearchGPT Prototype
4 min readNov 3, 2024
OpenAI intensified its efforts to compete with Google by launching the ChatGPT search engine to rival Google’s Gemini-powered search technology. Beginning that day, OpenAI officially rolled out ChatGPT’s search functionality.
The new feature generated timely responses with relevant links, mirroring Google Search and potentially escalating competition.
- According to OpenAI representatives, the ChatGPT search engine had the potential to deliver more accurate and useful information to all ChatGPT users.
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OpenAI began testing SearchGPT in July 2024, initially offering it to users who signed up for early access.
- Based on user feedback, the latest stable version has been refined for enhanced efficiency.
- OpenAI plans to integrate SearchGPT into projects like Canvas and Advanced Voice, aiming to make it accessible to both free and logged-out users shortly.
OpenAI has opted to integrate web search directly into ChatGPT’s existing interface, rather than launching it as a standalone product.
- This feature intelligently determines when to pull in web results based on the user’s query, though users can also trigger searches manually.
- With this addition…
