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You Can Now Use ChatGPT Search Without Signing In

ChatGPT's search engine feature can now be accessed by anyone, OpenAI announced on Wednesday. Previously, users needed an account to use ChatGPT search, but the sign-in requirement has now been removed.

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ChatGPT Search is available on the ChatGPT website and in the desktop and mobile apps. Searches can be initiated based on what you ask or by clicking on the web search icon in the ChatGPT interface.

With ChatGPT Search, you can ask a question using conversational language and get web information, along with more details through follow-up questions. ChatGPT maintains context, so the entire conversation can be used to get a tailored answer to a query.

OpenAI has partnered with news and data providers to offer up-to-date information for categories like weather, stocks, sports, news, and maps. Searches with ChatGPT include links to sources, while a sources button below the response provides a sidebar with all of the references used.

A recent ChatGPT search update gives it a more traditional search engine feel, displaying a map, images of local attractions, and brief descriptions for each result. If you're fed up with Google's algorithms, it could be worth a try.

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Top Rated Comments

ArPe Avatar
22 months ago
You can use DuckDuckGo which won’t need to burn through GPUs and planets.
Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)
kfury77 Avatar
22 months ago

You can use DuckDuckGo which won’t need to burn through GPUs and planets.
It's a common misconception that using ChatGPT (and other LLMs) uses lots of energy/GPUs... it doesn't. It uses a lot of energy to do the training but not when used by end-users. Interesting post about it here.
https://andymasley.substack.com/p/individual-ai-use-is-not-bad-for
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ThisIsMike Avatar
22 months ago
thanks Deepseek! Couldn’t have done it without you. chefs kiss.
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UpsideDownEclair Avatar
22 months ago
Not that I want Open ClosedAI to win, but it’s funny seeing Google feel threatened. Lmao
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pksv Avatar
22 months ago

ChatGPT is not a search engine. If you try to "search" for something it will more than likely hallucinate an answer and be very confident about what it's telling you.
This is misinformation and is incorrect. It now HAS a SEARCH function (which is a search engine).

https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-search/
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
patent10021 Avatar
22 months ago
OpenAI really scrambling with these new features all in the same week to steal eyeballs away from the true 'open' AI.

How about nixing that $200/month plan while you're at it. Cause the claim about advanced models and enhanced reasoning is a joke. Already many open source models that are more advanced.
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