ChatGPT is having access to real-time web search information that may let it present solutions primarily based on up-to-date news and present affairs.

Microsoft introduced OpenAI's chatbot can be built-in with its Bing search engine, successfully permitting it to trawl via the complete web when responding to queries.

It addresses one of many key limitations of ChatGPT, which till now has solely been capable of provide solutions primarily based on coaching information from as much as 2021.

The chatbot can even present citations when utilising Bing search information, linking to its sources, which addresses one other main concern customers have had because it launched late final yr.

Microsoft govt Yusuf Mehdi stated: "ChatGPT will now have a world-class search engine built-in to provide timelier and more up-to-date answers with access from the web."

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The announcement was made at Microsoft's Build 2023 developer convention on Tuesday, coming because the American expertise large continues to strengthen ties with OpenAI.

The Windows and Office agency made a multibillion-dollar funding within the creator of ChatGPT following its wildly profitable launch late final yr, and shortly unveiled a new-look Bing powered by the company's AI.

Tuesday's announcement is basically a case of returning the favour, although the upgraded ChatGPT is simply obtainable for paying subscribers for now.

It can be made obtainable without cost at a later date, and can have to be enabled by way of a Bing plug-in.

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Microsoft goes large on AI because it appears to be like to grow to be a dominant participant in a crowded subject, having already revealed a ChatGPT-like assistant for its Office software.

Rival Google has achieved equally with its office apps like Docs by integrating its Bard chatbot.

But not like Bing and GPT4, Google has not but rolled generative AI straight into its conventional search engine.