OpenAI launches its search engine that will compete with Google
SearchGPT results also come with links to related web sources, for which one had to visit a search engine earlier. It is currently available for ChatGPT Plus and Team users. Apart from this, users included in the waiting list of SearchGPT will also get this facility from today.
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.
It is an extended model for search, now based on the GPT-4o, but fine-tuned even further with output distillation, using innovative synthetic data creation methods such as that of OpenAI o1-preview. The responses ChatGPT Search will depend on third-party search engines and directly provided content from partnered providers to answer users.
The information for the poll questions is to be taken from outlets like AP and Reuters. In addition, OpenAI has said there will be further refinement in its search capabilities, particularly about shopping and travel, using its o1 "reasoning" model for more exhaustive research.
