ChatGPT creator OpenAI is testing SearchGPT: 4 important things to know about the AI-powered search engine that's trying to rival Google

Open AI The company is testing an artificial intelligence-powered search engine that can access information from across the internet in real time. The popular AI startup has unveiled a new prototype. Search GPTIn a blog post earlier this week, OpenAI said it plans to integrate its new search engine technology into its existing online chatbot, ChatGPT. Microsoft-backed OpenAI said in a blog post that the company plans to integrate the best features of its search tool into ChatGPT. Chat GPT Looking ahead, here are some key things to know about SearchGPT:

SearchGPT is currently in testing

The company said it is testing the technology with online publishers who have partnered with OpenAI to help build the search engine, as well as with a small number of users.

What OpenAI said about SearchGPT

“Finding answers on the web can be a time-consuming effort, and often requires multiple tries to get relevant results,” the company said in a blog post. “We believe that by enhancing our models' conversational capabilities with real-time information from the web, it will be faster and easier to find what you're looking for,” it added. Users can interact with SearchGPT through conversational queries and ask follow-up questions as if they were talking to a human, OpenAI said.

OpenAI will challenge Google, Microsoft Bing and Perplexity

Non-search giants GoogleThe launch of SearchGPT, announced earlier this week, puts the AI ​​giant in competition with upstart services such as Bing search from its biggest backer, Microsoft, and search-focused AI chatbot company Perplexity. Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos and the semiconductor giant NVIDIAAccording to web analytics firm Statcounter, as of June 2024, Google dominates the search engine market with a 91.1% share.

SearchGPT may look like Google's overview

Google recently added AI-generated summaries of query results (called “Summaries”) to its search engine. The new feature displays text at the top of Google search results, before traditional links to websites, summarizing the information the engine believes answers the user's search query. A description of SearchGPT shared by OPenAI sounds similar to Google's summaries:
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