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Introducing ChatGPT search

OpenAI just shipped search. ChatGPT can now browse the web in real-time—and it changes how people find information.

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Why it matters

ChatGPT search is a direct competitive move against Google and Perplexity, embedding real-time web retrieval into the world's largest consumer AI interface. This is the first major product expansion since voice and vision, signaling OpenAI's pivot from chat-only to information retrieval.

The key facts

5 to know
  1. ChatGPT search feature shipped Oct 31, 2024

  2. Enables real-time web browsing with cited sources

  3. Direct Google/Perplexity competitive move

  4. Integrated into existing ChatGPT interface

  5. Provides timely, source-linked answers

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