OpenAI finally stopped making false claims this time——
The first wave of early adopters of the newly released SearchGPT have already demonstrated their experience.
According to the blogger who conducted the test, SearchGPT’s response and output speed are both fast.
Source: Twitter/Kesku
Especially when compared with other tools, some people think it is incredibly fast and hope it will remain so after it is opened up.
What this means is that the speed seems very fast now, probably because few people are using it.
Of course, this new product has received praise from many people, and some people call it OpenAI's killer application .
Some netizens have begun to worry about SearchGPT's competitors, speculating that Google must be in a panic these days.
Fast and intuitive search results
From the test content posted by the blogger, we can see that SearchGPT is not only fast, but also displays information very intuitively (without advertisements).
For example, when the blogger asked about the weather in London, SearchGPT directly gave a list that clearly showed the weather conditions for the next week.
The blogger then went on to ask where the best places for a picnic in London are and when is the best time to go.
SearchGPT listed many parks with photos, and finally suggested going on weekdays to avoid crowds.
There is also an image button on the left side of the page, which can aggregate and display image search results when clicked.
This intuitive display can also be seen for some other questions. For example, when searching for Nvidia’s stock, you can see the stock price curve chart in the most prominent position.
You can even play videos directly from YouTube .
At the same time, the blogger also helped netizens who left messages in the comment section to do a simple test and asked about the latest version of SearchGPT Apple iOS.
The results first displayed the conclusion in large letters - iOS 18 preview version, and then detailed that the latest official version is 17, and 18 has also started testing.
If you are specifically asking about the Beta version, then the answer is 18 Beta 4. If you further ask for the developer version number, you can see more details.
After watching it, some netizens said that ChatGPT (probably referring to SearchGPT) is becoming a direct multimedia site .
Why would users need another website when they can watch videos, display pictures and read text there?
This opens up entirely new possibilities for OpenAI.
Even the monetization method has been thought out for OpenAI:
People’s data and interests can be easily obtained and converted into suitable advertisements as needed just like Google.
If more and more traffic goes through OpenAI instead of Google, that would mean a revenue shift (search is still Google's largest source of revenue).
Many netizens also mentioned perplexity, which is also an AI search tool.
In response, the blogger searched for his nickname using SearchGPT and perplexity respectively.
As a result, SearchGPT did find relevant introduction of the blogger, but perplexity said that there was no such person.
In addition, some netizens in the OpenAI community also expressed their experience with SearchGPT. They said that after a simple comparison, they found that the way SearchGPT presents information is indeed somewhat similar to perplexity, but it tends to display more pictures.
However, in terms of user volume, although perplexity has taken away some of Google's traffic, it has not been able to shake its dominant position.
So, perplexity failed to surpass Google, can OpenAI do it?
Netizen: Huge impact on Google
Regarding the issue of SearchGPT surpassing Google, many people are indeed optimistic.
For example, a Twitter user said that the impact of OpenAI on Google is unimaginably huge .
Even an article in Tom's Guide said that SearchGPT is "the best chance to change the search paradigm we have known for 25 years", and bluntly suggested that Google should pay more attention.
Indeed, compared to Google, this way of displaying search results is more intuitive and more in line with user needs.
Moreover, the feature of no advertisements is also very popular among users.
In fact, Google has also been trying to integrate AI into search, but the results do not seem to be very ideal.
On the one hand, it has not broken away from the constraints of traditional search engines in form, but has simply added AI summaries to the page.
On the other hand, the quality is indeed worrying and data pollution is serious.
For example, when asked what to do if cheese can't stick to pizza, Google AI's conclusion turned out to be to apply glue...
However, Danny Goodwin, editor-in-chief of Search Engine Land, a media focusing on search engines, said that all the "Google killers" he has seen in the past 25 years were eventually "killed" by Google without exception.
Goodwin's attitude towards SearchGPT is that it does have the potential to pose a real challenge to Google Search, but the current SearchGPT is still a simple prototype with very few users, so it will take some time to see the final results.
At the same time, Goodwin pointed out that a major shortcoming of SearchGPT is the lack of local and commerce content , which lags behind traditional search engines in these key areas.
Furthermore, Goodwin believes that if OpenAI can fill this gap, Google needs to be careful.
In addition to functional improvements, one issue that needs to be noted is that SearchGPT is not fully open at present.
Hayley Sutherland, research manager at international data research firm IDC, said that when it is widely deployed, the speed and accuracy of SearchGPT will be a key factor in determining its competitiveness.
In short, whether OpenAI's bullet can hit Google or not, I'm afraid we'll have to let it fly for a while...
Reference Links
[1]https://twitter.com/yoimnotkesku/status/1817192241548468546
[2]https://community.openai.com/t/searchgpt-more-than-just-a-perplexity-clone/883454
[3]https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt/searchgpt-has-the-best-shot-at-changing-the-search-paradigm-as-weve-known-it-for-25-years
This article comes from the WeChat public account "Quantum Bit" , author: Cressey, and is authorized to be published by 36Kr.
