The function makes it possible to receive quick answers with links to relevant sources on the Internet, the company explained on Monday in San Francisco. OpenAI had already equipped ChatGPT with search engine functions at the end of October, but has so far only made this available to paying subscribers. However, the prerequisite for using ChatGPT's search function is that users register, as Kevin Weil from OpenAI explained in a video published on YouTube. However, the search function will then be “available worldwide on every platform on which you use ChatGPT”.
Microsoft will also improve the reach of its search engine
When the chatbot was introduced to global attention at the end of 2022, the answers based on generative artificial intelligence (AI) were often still limited in their topicality. In contrast, both Google and Microsoft combine AI-generated answers with web results. Microsoft is a major investor in OpenAI and is also trying to improve the reach of its search engine Bing over Google.
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OpenAI boss Sam Altman has once again announced that he will build his company into an Internet heavyweight. In a financing round in October, in which Microsoft also participated, he managed to bring the company to a valuation of 157 billion dollars. At the same time, it is to be expected that the search engine functions will enormously increase the computing requirements and thus the company's costs.
