Chatgpt Search Expansion Gives Everyone Access To Up-To-Date Web Info

OpenAI has announced that its ChatGPT search feature is now available to all users, including free users. This new update allows users to access updated information from the web in their responses.

To activate the chatbot’s search function, users can click on a tiny globe icon in the bottom of the “compose” bar. Prominent links to webpages such as Netflix or travel booking websites appear before the generated text-based answers written by the chatbot.

Users can now also search by voice queries when Advanced Voice Mode is activated. This feature allows users to ask for up-to-date information on travel destinations, latest weather forecasts, and ideas for activities. The ChatGPT Voice Assistant responds in the selected voice style option.

Improved integration with mobile apps, such as Apple Maps or Google Maps, enables search results to be displayed using the system map app on users’ devices when searching for restaurants nearby.

This update is part of OpenAI’s “12 Days of OpenAI” series, which will continue with announcements for third-party developers building atop OpenAI’s platform and application programming interfaces (APIs).