OpenAI Launches SearchGPT — Here’s What It Can Do and How to Access It

OpenAI has transformed artificial intelligence (AI) market with The Launch of ChatGPT by the end of 2022, opening a new era AI generated development. Now, OpenAI is shaking things up. search engine market anymore.

On Thursday, OpenAI be revealed SearchGPT, their AI-powered search engine, recognizes current events and provides real-time information via internet access. While the search experience is currently a prototype, OpenAI plans to integrate the best features directly into ChatGPT in the future.

We’re testing SearchGPT, a temporary prototype of new AI search features that give you quick and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.
We are rolling out with a small group of users to get feedback and plan to integrate this experience into ChatGPT. https://t.co/dRRnxXVlGh photo.twitter.com/iQpADXmllH

— OpenAI (@OpenAI) July 25, 2024

SearchGPT allows users to enter search queries as they would with any search engine. However, its main difference from a traditional search engine is that the chatbot output consists of a conversational response with real-time information pulled from the web.

Also: How to use ChatGPT

Similar to Browsing feature in ChatGPT, When SearchGPT returns an answer, it will have a clickable link with the name of the site it pulled the answer from in parentheses to facilitate fact-checking and research. If users still want to see a more traditional search engine results page, they will be able to click the “link” icon in the left sidebar. This will display a list of sites and links next to the conversational response.

Users can also ask follow-up questions, helping them get the desired answer without having to click on multiple different links or enter new prompts.

This feature is currently available to a small group of users and publishers while OpenAI gathers feedback. However, if you want to try out the prototype, you can join the waiting list. This.

Addressing concerns that AI search engines could potentially harm publishers by driving fewer people to their sites, OpenAI said SearchGPT is designed to connect publishers and users by including attribution, links, and citations. In the release, OpenAI also reassured the public that it is working more closely with publishers to build experiences that benefit both parties.

Publishers can also manage how their sites appear in SearchGPT, giving them more control over their participation in the experience. Additionally, because the experience is separate from OpenAI’s underlying models, publishers can choose not to have their content used to train their generative AI models while still having their sites appear in SearchGPT results.

So, when SearchGPT’s best features are added to ChatGPT, will it be enough to convince people to move away from Google, which dominates the search engine space with 90.8% market share as of May 2024, according to report? Time will answer.

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While SearchGPT works very much like a traditional search engine, OpenAI has made it clear that they are not interested in creating another search engine.

“I don’t think the world needs another Google clone,” Sam Altman said on the Lex Fridman podcast earlier this year.

Instead, OpenAI has focused on integrating the best features of SearchGPT into ChatGPT to enhance the chatbot’s capabilities and build on what the tool currently offers. The company believes that this will see more success in the space and that users will integrate ChatGPT into their lives even more.

Users who already use ChatGPT regularly will be encouraged to use it more. They can have the same experience they know and love on ChatGPT, including conversational feedback, but with the bonus of what the search engine has to offer.

Microsoft has been experimenting with adding generative AI to search. copilot integrated into Bing in September 2023 and the results have been very positive. During the Q3 2024 earnings call, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that Bing has reached over 140 million daily active usersmarking an increase of more than 40 million users in a year. This growth can be partly attributed to the tech giant’s Copilot efforts.

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Similarly, Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine, has reached 10 million monthly active users and is valued at $1 billion, as reportedHowever, it is worth noting that no company has been able to threaten Google’s search dominance despite the growing development of these AI-based search engines.

Google is constantly introducing updates to its search engine to keep up with the explosion of AI. The company has announced Search for Creative Experiences (SGE) at Google I/O last year and widely deployed AI-generated overviews at Google I/O this year.

However, Google has had to adjust its AI Search strategy due to user complaints and issues with its AI overview citations. Now, reports show that their AI overview appears on 70% reduction in search pages.