According to OpenAI Inc., the company that created ChatGPT, a chatbot that provides users with information tailored to their specific needs, the chatbot can now browse the internet for up-to-date information.
It has previously been learned with the help of artificial intelligence using only the data up until September 2021. With this move, some premium users will now be able to ask the chatbot questions about current affairs, access news, and ask the chatbot questions about current events.
It was reported on Sept. 27 that OpenAI, a company that specializes in artificial intelligence (AI) products, has created a chatbot that can browse the web and incorporate up-to-the-minute information into its replies.
Users of GPT-4 Plus and Enterprise who are currently using the GPT-4 model should be able to download the updates as soon as possible.
OpenAI stated in its announcement that the feature will be available to non-premium users soon, without specifying whether this would mean that users without a premium subscription will have access to GPT-4, or whether it will be available to users with a GPT 3.5 subscription.
In the past, this artificially intelligent system has been trained based on data that was only available from September 2021 onwards. Using this new feature, some premium users will be able to engage the chatbot on current events and be able to access up-to-the-minute news and information.
Shortly, OpenAI intends to extend this service to all users, including non-paying users, so that everyone can take advantage of it.
ChatGPT is now equipped with a browsing feature that will allow users to perform tasks such as technical research, planning a vacation, or selecting a device that requires up-to-date information, according to OpenAI.
As part of its browsing features, ChatGPT has created an extension that can be installed in Chrome and is entitled 'Browser with Bing'. Interestingly, ChatGPT's biggest competitor so far, Google's Bard, has also launched an extension that allows the use of Bing to browse the web for free.
The rivals of ChatGPT have already developed their browsing capabilities.
However, ChatGPT will now have the ability to access the internet via an extension called "Browser with Bing". Before now, ChatGPT had only been able to answer real-time events or events that occurred after September 2021, because ChatGPT's knowledge was limited to September 2021.
It was also a turn-off for many of ChatGPT's users who wanted to use the features of ChatGPT with the most up-to-date information. When the chatbot was asked about anything current, it would always answer "I'm sorry, but I cannot provide real-time information."
ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise users will have access to the feature. Users can also make use of it by going to Settings within the app, selecting the option for New Features, and then selecting Browse with Bing extension from the list of options.
A chatbot for its mobile app for iOS and Android has been updated with new features which allow it to operate using voice and image capabilities. This will allow users to speak with the chatbot and receive responses according to what they have said.
OpenAI announced that the option of browsing using Bing is now available to ChatGPT users who are paying, as well as for all users in the future. As part of its premium ChatGPT Plus offering, OpenAI had previously tested an option where users could use the Bing search engine to find the most current information.
Regarding their functionality, the new integration works similarly to the Bard, a chatbot developed and launched by Google in March this year that has been integrated since May but was disabled two months later due to concerns that it could allow users to bypass paywalls.
It is very unlikely that ChatGPT had access to the foreign material that good actors (bad actors) might have planted on the internet to spread misinformation about politics or healthcare issues because it did not have access to such information. This is because ChatGPT did not have access to the foreign material that bad actors might have planted on the web.
ChatGPT was held back from searching the internet for current information due to several factors, such as the high cost of computing and concerns regarding accuracy, privacy, and ethical issues. There is the concern that ChatGPT may introduce inaccuracies to data provided in real-time, as well as the risk of reading copyrighted material without authorization, as a result of providing real-time data.
ChatGPT's new features underline the important dilemma the AI business sector is confronted with as a result of its growth. AI systems need to be more flexible and free to make them truly useful. However, this also increases the likelihood of misuse and the possibility of misleading or incorrect information being exchanged.
The ChatGPT application now can be integrated with various applications, including Slack and Zapier, giving it the ability to increase productivity by integrating with Google Sheets, Gmail, and Trello. A Python-based experimental plug-in offers more complex functions for handling more complex tasks, such as deciphering codes, managing data analysis, and visualizing data, and is also available for handling more complicated tasks.
In addition to this, it is now capable of managing downloads and uploads, changing file types, and resolving numerical and qualitative mathematical issues which may arise.
Several collaborators have partnered with OpenAI to make these things possible, including Fiscal Note, Instacart, Klarna, Milo, Kayak, OpenTable, Shopify, Slack, and Zapier, just to name a few. OpenAI plans to expand the launch of this update after any technical problems with version 1 have been resolved once the current version of the update is available to select users.
