ChatGPT Search is now available for free users

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OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Search for all users. Let's take a closer look at how the search engine works.

So far, ChatGPT has attracted users who want to generate text, images, code, write poems, essays, letters, or even create AI-generated videos with Sora. The next step in its evolution is search, a rather important one that plays an essential part in our day-to-day usage, a market that is dominated by Google.

ChatGPT Search was announced a couple of months ago, but it wasn't available for free users. Now that it has expanded to everyone, you can access it. You will need an OpenAI account to use ChatGPT Search. Signing up for an account does not require a phone number, so you could use an email alias service like Simple Login or Firefox Relay to protect your privacy.

How to use ChatGPT Search on the web



1. Go to ChatGPT.com and sign in to your account.
2. Enter your query, you can use natural language.
3. Hit the Enter key, or click on the globe icon to search.
4. ChatGPT Search will display the relevant results, along with citations from which the information was pulled.

You can follow the same steps to use ChatGPT Search on your mobile device, except that you will need to use the ChatGPT app on your phone.

Note: The search button will be missing if you are not signed in to your account.

This method will take some time getting used to if you want to use ChatGPT Search as your primary search engine. Most users probably run their queries on Google or other services by typing into the search box or the address bar in a web browser. Using a chat to search might feel like odd at first, like retraining a muscle memory, but it's actually not different from using a search engine's page. You don't have to click the globe icon manually, ChatGPT will search the web or provide information from its "trained database", the result depends on your query. That said, if you want it to search the web, use the dedicated button.

Your searches are essentially chats, OpenAI saves your chat history, and the data is synchronized between devices.

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