OpenAI Tests SearchGPT: Enhanced AI Search Features
In a move to revolutionize the way we search for information online, OpenAI is testing SearchGPT, a new prototype that offers advanced AI search features designed to deliver fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.
Initially available to a small group of users and publishers for feedback, the plan is to integrate the best features into ChatGPT, further enhancing its capabilities. This innovative approach aims to simplify finding information by leveraging the conversational capabilities of AI models, making searches more intuitive and natural.
Faster and Easier Searches
SearchGPT provides real-time information from the web, offering up-to-date results with clear links to relevant sources. This new approach simplifies finding information, enhancing the user experience with:
- Real-time answers: Get immediate responses to your queries, ensuring you stay informed about the latest developments.
- Clear and concise results: Easily navigate through search results, with clear links to relevant sources for further exploration.
- Enhanced conversational capabilities: Engage in a natural conversation with SearchGPT, asking follow-up questions as you would in a real conversation.
Supporting Publishers and Creators
SearchGPT is designed to quickly and directly respond to questions with the most current information available. This feature helps users connect with publishers through clear attribution and links, promoting:
- Increased user engagement: Encourage users to visit publisher sites by prominently citing and linking to sources in search results.
- Supporting a thriving ecosystem of publishers and creators: OpenAI is committed to supporting high-quality content creation and journalism.
- Balancing technology with the needs of journalism and content creation: SearchGPT aims to provide multiple opportunities for user engagement while respecting the importance of accurate and reliable information.
Publisher Partnerships and Controls
SearchGPT has been developed in collaboration with publishers, incorporating their feedback to improve the experience. Publishers will have control over how their content appears in SearchGPT, ensuring:
- Increased visibility: Sites can be included in search results even if they opt out of training OpenAI’s generative AI models.
- More control over presence in search results: Publishers can manage how their content is presented, allowing for greater flexibility and customization.
Feedback and Future Integration
OpenAI is keen to learn from both users and publishers about the best ways to engage with AI search products. The feedback gathered during this prototype phase will help shape the future integration of these features into ChatGPT. To provide your input, you can:
- Submit feedback via email: Send an email to
publishers-feedback@openai.comwith your suggestions and insights. - Sign up for the waitlist: Join the waitlist at ChatGPT Search Waitlist to try SearchGPT and provide feedback.
Industry Leaders’ Perspectives
- "AI search is going to become one of the key ways that people navigate the internet, and it’s crucial, in these early days, that the technology is built in a way that values, respects, and protects journalism and publishers." – Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic
- "Sam and the truly talented team at OpenAI innately understand that for AI-powered search to be effective, it must be founded on the highest-quality, most reliable information furnished by trusted sources. For the heavens to be in equilibrium, the relationship between technology and content must be symbiotic and provenance must be protected." – Robert Thomson, Chief Executive, News Corp
Join the Waitlist and Get More Information
If you’re interested in trying SearchGPT, sign up for the waitlist at ChatGPT Search Waitlist. For more information about publisher controls and OpenAI’s bots, visit their website to stay informed about this exciting development.