OpenAI, perhaps one of the most popular AI companies, has announced its search engine prototype, “SearchGPT.” The new search engine is positioned to continue disrupting the search market that continues to be dominated by Google.
Unlike Google Search, OpenAI’s SearchGPT is set to offer complete answers using its AI models and information from the web for all search queries. On the other hand, Google Search uses a similar technology known as “AI Overviews” to produce complete answers for specific queries alongside traditional web results.
SearchGPT is also similar to ChatGPT, but with the difference that the new search engine will behave like a search engine, and it will offer an experience more or less similar to the Google search experience using up-to-date information from the web, but using a conversational interface, which is more similar to Perplexity. It’s important to note that ChatGPT is always trained with old data and doesn’t show web results.
OpenAI is still in the development stages, and it’s available for a limited number of users as the company wants to test the service before making it available for everyone. Also, in the future, SearchGPT will be integrated into ChatGPT.
In this guide, I will explain the steps to joining the waitlist to access SearchGPT from Windows 11, macOS, or Linux using any web browser.
Join the waitlist to try SearchGPT from OpenAI
To join the waitlist to try the SearchGPT search engine, use these steps:
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Open the official “SearcGPT Prototype” website.
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Click the “Sign in to join waitlist” button.
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Sign in with your ChatGPT credential (or create an account).
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Click the “Join waitlist” button.
Once you complete the steps, you will eventually receive an email with the invitation to try out the AI-powered search engine.
It’s important to note that OpenAI initially started testing with around ten thousand people, but it will eventually be open to more people.
What are your thoughts on OpenAI getting into the search business? Are you planning to use it? Let me know in the comments.
Mauro Huculak is a Windows How-To Expert and founder of Pureinfotech (est. 2010). With over 21 years as a technology writer and IT Specialist, Mauro specializes in Windows, software, and cross-platform systems such as Linux, Android, and macOS.
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