According to reports, the makers of ChatGPT are about to release a new search product that will rival Google.
The new feature, expected to be confirmed on Monday by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, will allow users to search the web via the popular chatbot.
The details of how this will function haven’t been revealed, but it’s likely the AI will search the web for users and generate results based on what it finds.
This allows users, for example, to ask ChatGPT a question and receive much more detailed answers that cite web sources such as Wikipedia or online blogs.
If true, this could pose the biggest challenge yet to Google’s search engine supremacy.
The company behind AI chatbot ChatGPT is reportedly preparing to launch a new search tool this Monday to compete with Google
According to insiders quoted by Bloomberg And The informationthis might be the biggest change to the ChatGPT tool yet.
Currently, the paid version of ChatGPT allows users to access real-time information – but this is only thanks to an integration with Microsoft’s search engine Bing.
It is expected that with the new feature, ChatGPT will be able to find and return current search results more independently of Bing – potentially for all users, and not just for a fee.
ChatGPT is a great language model that allows users to enter text questions and receive answers on almost any possible topic.
Since launching in November 2022, the San Francisco-based company has quickly become one of the biggest names in AI.
However, ChatGPT responses are currently limited for most users due to a lack of access to live internet data.
ChatGPT may direct users to online search results for some questions – such as current weather – but this service is limited to paying customers.
The ‘Browse with Bing’ service, introduced in 2023, will allow the AI to search through live web results to return more up-to-date information.
It’s not yet clear how the new search feature will differ from the current feature, nor is it known if the search feature will be only for paying users.
However, this update is expected to give the AI the ability to search the live web and display images in the results.
The release will reportedly take place on the eve of Google’s I/O event, with the search giant expected to reveal details about its own new AI features
According to Bloomberg, this new version of the product will provide relevant images in addition to text results, such as diagrams for technical instructions.
While suggestions emerged in February that OpenAI was developing search features, this is the first time details about the product have emerged.
On social media, observant tech fans also noticed that OpenAI had created a domain for search.chatgpt.com.
The URL currently shows a “not found” message, but this weekend the link briefly took users to ChatGPT’s official website.
Astute social media users on X, formerly Twitter, noticed that OpenAI has created a URL for search.chatgpt.com. This weekend, this URL briefly redirected users to ChatGPT’s official website
According to “two sources familiar with the matter” who spoke to Reuters, OpenAI reportedly plans to release the new search feature on Monday.
If true, this would take place the day before Google’s I/O event, where Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is expected to unveil new AI features.
With more than 100 million weekly users, ChatGPT could be Google’s first serious challenge for dominance in the world of online search.
OpenAI has received about $13 billion in investment from Microsoft, the company behind rival search engine Bing.
Last year, Microsoft released a demo version of Bing that integrated ChatGPT.
Microsoft has since released its own AI assistant, called Microsoft copilot, but it has been reported that ChatGPT’s new search feature may be powered by Bing.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has helped the company become one of the biggest names in AI. The move could put Altman’s Microsoft-backed OpenAI in direct competition with Google
From students to lawyers, many people are already turning to AI to provide facts and information they previously searched for on Google.
AI’s tendency to ‘hallucinate’ means these responses are not always accurate, but the tools remain popular.
Special AI-powered search tools have now emerged, such as Perplexity AI, which launched in 2022.
Perplexity AI, which recently received a $1 billion valuation, has amassed about 10 million monthly users with its proprietary AI-powered search tool.
These numbers may seem small compared to Google’s one billion daily users, but Alphabet still seems concerned.
In a meeting CNBC reported this last monthGoogle senior vice president Prabhakar Raghavan told employees, “It’s not like life is going to be a piece of cake forever.”
Mr Raghavan added: “If there is a clear and present market reality, we should vibrate faster, like athletes vibrate faster.”
Last year, Google launched its own AI, Gemini, as a rival to ChatGPT, but the chatbot was plagued with problems.
This culminated in Google pausing the Gemini AI after it was accused of replacing white historical figures, including Nazi soldiers, with people of color.
OpenAI did not respond to MailOnline’s request for comment.