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What you need to know

• OpenAI has launched a new feature called ChatGPT Search to take on Google.

• ChatGPT Search allows users to engage in a conversation with its AI to quickly find information relevant to their query.

• The feature also displays a “Sources” button so users can check AI facts or learn more about a topic.

• OpenAI says this will first roll out to users on the Plus, Team, and SearchGPT waitlists before hitting free users “over the coming months.”

OpenAI’s vision for search is here as ChatGPT begins rolling it out today (October 31) to users on the Plus, Team, and SearchGPT waitlists first.

By a blog postOpenAI states that users can find research available through ChatGPT Website and mobile applications. When opening the app, users will find the standard “Message ChatGPT” text box with a new globe icon for search. OpenAI says the AI ​​will decide whether to crawl the web “based on what you asked”; However, the new button is there to force the model to search online.

The backbone of this new ChatGPT search feature is the company’s interest in providing “better answers” quickly.

The post states that users can type on ChatGPT using “natural and conversational” speech. After asking a question, the AI ​​will respond with information from other websites. OpenAI highlights its partnership with information and data providers to ensure ChatGPT responses include “up-to-date information.”

ChatGPT Search also leverages data and information provided by partners via third-party search engines and a “refined” variant of GPT-4o.

OpenAI states that its ChatGPT search provides a button at the bottom of its response titled “Sources.” Initially, the pill icon will display a few icons from the sources it got its information from. Clicking this button will bring you a sidebar with website names and article titles.

Users can click on it to learn more and check the AI ​​model.

Additionally, OpenAI states that users can ask follow-up questions after ChatGPT provides an answer. The message claims that the AI ​​will take the “full context” of what you said to search for a “best answer.”

ChatGPT Search will arrive for Enterprise and Edu users “in the coming weeks.” Finally, free users should pick it up “over the next few months.”

Since then, we have been waiting for OpenAI’s approach to search with ChatGPT. it was the rumor earlier this year. These rumors were based on a discovery in OpenAI’s certificate logs. And comments from its CEO, Sam Altman. The company official was on a podcast and reportedly discussed AI alongside research.

One thing is for sure, ChatGPT Search will sit opposite Google’s AI model, Gemini, and its AI previews in search. Google AI Insights are closer to what OpenAI did with ChatGPT Search. The company launched its quick little info boxes in Search at I/O 2024 in May. Google has upgraded its AI previews with backlinks to verify AI responses and a more »organized” see.