OpenAI isn\u2019t slowing down with the development of ChatGPT: only a few days after the AI chatbot added support for picture prompts and voice conversations, ChatGPT is now able to once again search the web and return answers that are right up to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cChatGPT can now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources,\u201d says the OpenAI post on X. \u201cIt is no longer limited to data before September 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What that post doesn\u2019t mention is that this is the same functionality that ChatGPT briefly had early this year, before it was pulled in July \u2013 users were deploying the feature to get around paywalls and access paid-for content for free. As far as we can tell from our testing, OpenAI has now plugged that particular gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As before, ChatGPT uses Bing to search the web \u2013 no surprise considering how closely Microsoft and OpenAI have been working together in recent years. OpenAI suggests the feature is best used for \u201ctasks that require up-to-date information\u201d, like planning a vacation or doing some technical research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Right now, you need to be a ChatGPT Plus subscriber to give the bot access to the web, which will set you back $20 \/ \u00a316 a month. Enterprise users also get the feature right away, with access for everyone else coming \u201csoon\u201d OpenAI says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once you\u2019ve logged into ChatGPT on the web, you need to select the GPT-4 engine, and then pick \u2018Browse with Bing\u2019 from the menu that pops up underneath. You can then start your conversation, and the bot will use information from the web in addition to the data it has access to from its regular training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We successfully got ChatGPT to tell us when the iPhone 15 launched, and it even linked back to a reputable tech website with more information (though it wasn\u2019t TechRadar, sadly). That\u2019s one example of how the AI assistant now knows everything that\u2019s going on \u2013 as long as it\u2019s on the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The feature is still labeled as being in beta, so expect more refinements and improvements in the future. It\u2019s also only as good as Bing\u2019s search results, so for anything that the search engine isn\u2019t sure on \u2013 like tonight\u2019s soccer matches in the UK \u2013 you might get directed to a relevant website instead of seeing the answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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