BlockBeats news, on November 1, artificial intelligence giant OpenAI announced a major upgrade to ChatGPT, enabling it to search the web and provide answers based on the information found. This upgrade makes OpenAI more like a traditional search engine and competes more directly with Google.
Starting Thursday, ChatGPT paid subscribers will be able to respond to queries by searching the web for the latest information and summarizing what they find, rather than relying on potentially outdated data. The search function is powered by OpenAI investor Microsoft's Bing search engine, and also makes use of articles that OpenAI has signed agreements with some publishers, such as The Wall Street Journal owner News Corp and the Associated Press.
In addition, the ChatGPT search function will be launched to all free users in the coming months. (Jinshi)