According to PANews, OpenAI is developing a feature for ChatGPT that can search the web and cite sources in search results, which may compete with Google and AI search startup Perplexity. People familiar with the matter revealed that the new feature allows users to ask questions to ChatGPT and get answers from the web, which also cites sources such as Wikipedia entries and blog posts. A version of the product also added pictures next to the answers to related questions.