Chatgpt Removes Sign-Up Requirement For Users To Search Website

“ChatGPT search is now available to everyone on chatgpt,” OpenAI said in a social media post.“No sign up required.”

It remains unclear whether the rollout will be worldwide, as upon Khaleej Times' trying, the website still gives the option of signing up, logging in, or staying logged out.

OpenAI initially launched the search engine to paid subscribers. It soon made it accessible to all users by rolling it out in the same year. Users still required an account to access it, as without one it would only allow for an allocated number of tries for a certain duration.

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This move is likely to put pressure on search engines like Google and Bing as the platform will now be easily accessible to all.

Recently, ChatGPT announced the launch of a new tool called 'deep research' amidst competition with China's rising chatbot DeepSeek in the AI industry.

Artificial intelligence newcomer DeepSeek sent Silicon Valley into a frenzy, with its high performance and supposed low cost prompting calls for US developers to go faster.

OpenAI, whose ChatGPT fronted generative AI's emergence into public consciousness in 2022, said its new tool "accomplishes in tens of minutes what would take a human many hours".

With inputs from AFP