- OpenAI has released SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine with real-time access to Internet information, marking its entry into an area long dominated by Google.
- The move puts OpenAI in competition with services such as Microsoft’s Bing search and the emerging Perplexity, and it could also force Google to improve its search services.
OUR TAKE
OpenAI announces the launch of SearchGPT, an innovative AI-powered search engine that accesses information on the Internet in real time to provide users with fast and accurate search results. This initiative pushes OpenAI to the forefront of direct competition with search giants such as Google and also trigger a re-evaluation of the use of AI technology across the search industry. The launch of SearchGPT demonstrates the enormous potential of AI to process large amounts of data and provide personalised search experiences.
-Rae Li, BTW reporter
What happened
OpenAI recently announced the launch of SearchGPT, an innovative prototype AI-powered search engine that accesses Internet information and delivers it to users in real time. It is designed to provide summarised search results and allow users to ask follow-up questions to get contextually relevant answers. OpenAI says it will integrate the best features of the search tool into its existing chatbot, ChatGPT. SearchGPT is currently tested with a small group of users and publishers. In addition, OpenAI plans to provide publishers with tools that will allow them to manage how their content is presented in SearchGPT’s search results.
Notably, the launch of SearchGPT has raised concerns about content copyright and data usage. For example, emerging AI search services such as Perplexity have faced legal challenges from publishers, suggesting that how to balance technological innovation with copyright protection is a crucial issue to be addressed in the AI search space. OpenAI’s initiative not only demonstrates the potential of AI search technologically, but also sparks a discussion about how to protect the rights of content creators while advancing technological development.
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Why it’s important
The launch of SearchGPT shows the huge potential of AI to process lots of data and provide a personalised search experience, and provides users with new ways of searching that may change people’s habits of accessing information.
As AI technology continues to advance, the emergence of SearchGPT foreshadows the future direction of search technology and may drive the entire industry to transition to more intelligent and personalised services.
