ChatGPT Search

What problem does ChatGPT Search solve?

ChatGPT’s knowledge has a cut-off date, meaning its responses often lack real-time information, making it unsuitable for many situations where up-to-date information is needed. For example, it cannot provide current sports scores, stock market updates, or breaking news. Finding precise, timely answers often requires navigating multiple searches and sources.

ChatGPT Search addresses this by blending conversational AI with real-time web access.

How to access it?

1. Via the newly introduced search button on the ChatGPT chat interface.

2. Via the ChatGPT Search plugin

3. ChatGPT will automatically choose to search the web if your question might benefit from real-time information.

This feature is currently available for ChatGPT Plus and Team users, as well as those who were on the SearchGPT prototype waitlist and now have access.

ChatGPT Search can help you:

• Get Up-to-Date Information: Instantly access the most current information.
• Ask Contextual Questions: Ask follow-up questions, and ChatGPT uses conversation history to refine answers.
• View Trusted Sources: Responses include links to source material, allowing you to verify and explore further.

Example:

Suppose you’re conducting market research for a new product. Here’s how ChatGPT Search can assist:

• Search the Web: Ask for recent consumer preferences or emerging industry topics. ChatGPT will pull up-to-date information from trusted sources.
• Analyze Competitors: Get insights into competitors’ latest offerings, pricing, or marketing strategies.
• Gather Real-Time Data: Request statistics on stock performance, which ChatGPT can display directly, without leaving the chat interface.

Quick Tips:

• Installing the ChatGPT Search Plug-in changes your default search engine to ChatGPT Search. If you want to redirect a query to Google search, type “!g [your query]” (e.g. !g stock price MSFT) directly in your browser URL bar with your query.
• You can also regenerate any GPT-4o response to search the web, enabling ChatGPT to enrich its initial response with additional content from the web. This can be done via the ‘Try again’ option at the end of the response.

What makes ChatGPT Search special?

• All-in-One Interface: ChatGPT Search allows you to get real-time information, directly within the chat—no need to switch to a different platform.
• Reliable Sources: All responses include citations from credible sources, keeping information trustworthy.
• Interactive Maps & More: ChatGPT Search partners with news and data providers to add up-to-date information and new visual designs for categories like weather, stocks, sports, news, and maps.