In a significant development for the software, ChatGPT, a generative AI platform, can now acquire data directly from the internet and gather current information in real-time, according to its developer OpenAI.
Up until now, ChatGPT’s responses to user inquiries were predicated on a sizable database that was empty of data beyond August 2021.
Now, ChatGPT is capable of conducting an internet search
OpenAI announced the development in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “ChatGPT can now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources,” the post said. It’s no longer only information from before September 2021.
Additionally, it stated that the newest feature would provide websites control over how ChatGPT communicates with them.
In June, OpenAI released the update for its paying members. However, it was soon put on hold as users discovered ways to get through paywalls on websites.
The “Browse with Bing” feature is also exclusive to paying ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise subscribers, but OpenAI promised that it will soon be made available to all users.
As does Google with its conversational robot Bard, OpenAI partner Microsoft already provides Bing Chat, an integration of GPT-4, the language model used to construct ChatGPT, with its internet search engine.
In addition to its responses, ChatGPT will now include direct sources; it will no longer rely just on the database that the program’s creator has access to.
