SearchGPT is a
search engine
A search engine is a software system designed to carry out web searches. They search the World Wide Web in a systematic way for particular information specified in a textual web search query. The search results are generally presented in a ...
developed by
OpenAI
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence (AI) research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company conducts research in the field of AI with the stated goal of promo ...
. It combines traditional search engine features with
generative pretrained transformers (GPT) to generate responses, including citations to external websites.
History
On July 25, 2024, SearchGPT was first introduced as a prototype in a limited release to 10,000 test users.
This search feature positioned OpenAI as a direct competitor to major search engines, notably
Google
Google LLC () is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company focusing on Search Engine, search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, software, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, ar ...
,
Perplexity AI and
Bing
Bing most often refers to:
* Bing Crosby (1903–1977), American singer
* Microsoft Bing, a web search engine
Bing may also refer to:
Food and drink
* Bing (bread), a Chinese flatbread
* Bing (soft drink), a UK brand
* Bing cherry, a variety ...
.
OpenAI announced its partnership with publishers for SearchGPT, providing them with options on how their content appears in the search results and ensuring the promotion of trusted sources.
On October 31, 2024, OpenAI launched SearchGPT to ChatGPT Plus and Team subscribers, and it was made available to free users in December 2024.
OpenAI ultimately incorporated the search features into
ChatGPT
ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot launched by OpenAI in November 2022. It is built on top of OpenAI's GPT-3 family of large language models, and is fine-tuned (an approach to transfer learning) with both supervised and ...
in December 2024.
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References
2024 in technology
ChatGPT
OpenAI
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