OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Real-Time Search Feature, Leveraging Bing to Access Latest Web Information

OpenAI released an article today stating that ChatGPT can now retrieve the latest information from the internet and provide answers directly from "current and authoritative" sources, citing them in the responses. This feature is called "Browsing with Bing" and is currently only available to users with Plus and Enterprise subscriptions, but the company has stated that it will be rolled out to all users "soon". Microsoft's Bing Chat can provide real-time information from the internet in Windows, Edge browsers, and third-party browser plugins, while Google's Bard can do the same in Chrome and other browsers. Both also provide links during searches, similar to what ChatGPT's "Browsing with Bing" feature does now. Meta has just announced on Meta Connect that it will also use Bing to provide real-time web results for its Meta AI Assistant integrated into WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. Using ChatGPT to search the internet can be a bit confusing. The company provides instructions for the browser version, but I couldn't find instructions for the iOS application. However, I figured it out. Assuming you have a subscription, the steps are: Menu > Settings > New Features > Browsing with Bing. Then, start a new chat, click on GPT-4, and then "Browsing with Bing". Your search should then return information from current websites. It's a bit slow, but it's effective. When it answers a question for you, you can click on the link to the website to compare the answers. Now I know, according to the website MediaMass, AC/DC might be working on a new album! Being able to check their sources is a huge improvement considering the tendency of AI robots to generate illusions. It not only means that you can truly verify that they are not lying to you, but it's also a good thing to give trust and respect. OpenAI added the ability to browse the internet within its ChatGPT iOS application at the end of June, but quickly withdrew it. Users discovered that they could induce the chatbot to provide them with content that would normally require payment by directly giving it a URL. Since then, OpenAI's automatic crawler that provides information for ChatGPT started identifying itself with a user agent, allowing websites to block it from analyzing their content by updating their Robots.txt file. If you are subscribed to one of OpenAI's plans and want to try out the Browsing with Bing feature, refer to the following instructions provided by the company: - Click on "Profile and Settings" - Select "Beta Features" - Toggle "Use Browsing with Bing" - Select "Use Browsing with Bing" in the GPT-4 dropdown.