OpenAI launches its search engine that will compete with Google

After much speculation and long wait, OpenAI has finally unveiled their search engine known as SearchGPT. The release of the prototype for SearchGPT through real-time responses in the training of the ChatGPT model is what has led to this day. According to OpenAI, users can now get prompt and accurate answers.

While the results are obtained through SearchGPT, it also provides links to related web sources for which one had to visit a search engine earlier. The facility will now be available for ChatGPT Plus and Team users. Apart from this, users included in the waiting list for SearchGPT will also be able to avail this facility starting today.

Users of the enterprise and education varieties will get it in due course. OpenAI says that the feature will be extended to all free users over the coming months. ChatGPT Search works by using a hybrid version of OpenAI's GPT-4 model to offer real-time information and images from the web, including the likes of sports scores, news updates, stock prices, and links to sources.