OpenAI has announced SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine with real-time internet access, challenging Google and other search services like Microsoft’s Bing and Perplexity in the search market, Reuters reports.
SearchGPT is currently in the prototype phase, with limited testing among select users and publishers. It aims to provide summarized search results with source links and allow follow-up questions for contextual responses. OpenAI plans to eventually integrate the best features of SearchGPT into ChatGPT. OpenAI is collaborating with publishers like News Corp and The Atlantic, and it has content licensing agreements with major organizations such as Associated Press and Axel Springer.
Major search engines, including Microsoft’s Bing and Google, have been integrating AI into their platforms since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022. Google, which holds a 91.1% market share, has not commented on the impact of this new development, but shares of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, fell 3% following the announcement.
