OpenAI CEO denies information about launching a search engine to compete with Google

Sam Atman posted on X that while there was an announcement scheduled for the morning of May 13, it was “not GPT-5, not a search engine.” But whatever it was, Atman said it would “feel like magic.” The only details provided by OpenAI’s official post were that the launch would include updates to ChatGPT and its latest iteration, GPT-4.

News of OpenAI's plans to launch a search engine has been around for a while.

On May 6, The Verge reported that OpenAI was trying to recruit Google employees for a team working to ship a new product soon. Not stopping there, Bloomberg and The Information both reported that a search product was being developed by the company behind ChatGPT, although there was no fixed launch date.

OpenAI's search product is an extension of its flagship ChatGPT, allowing ChatGPT to pull information directly from the web, including citations, Bloomberg reported. ChatGPT is a chatbot that uses OpenAI's advanced AI models to generate human-like responses to text prompts.

Industry observers have long touted ChatGPT as an alternative to online information gathering, although it struggles to provide accurate and real-time information from the web.

OpenAI has seen its ups and downs over the past year, including the board's inexplicable firing of Sam Altman in November 2023 before he was hired by OpenAI investor Microsoft, paving the way for his return to the position just five days after being fired.

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