Move over, Google – there’s a new AI sheriff in town. OpenAI just turbocharged its ChatGPT with search engine superpowers, letting users get real-time answers and links to web sources without clicking over to traditional search tools. Think of it like ChatGPT swallowed a search engine… and then got smarter.
The upgrade, rolled out Thursday, turns the chatbot into a one-stop shop for everything from weather forecasts to sports scores
. Paying subscribers can now access tabs linking directly to news, data, and other content from OpenAI’s partner providers. Free users? Don’t worry – you’ll get access soon too.
Visually, the new interface looks like Google’s search results… minus the ads. But it also mirrors Perplexity, an AI-driven search startup that’s already in hot water alongside OpenAI over lawsuits from The New York Times for using copyrighted content.
Will this disrupt Google’s 25-year search dominance? Only time (and your ChatGPT queries) will tell.
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