Tech influencers expect big things from SearchGPT
The recent unveiling of OpenAI’s SearchGPT for an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven search experience, featuring real-time information summarisation, interactive follow-up questions, and visual answers, has garnered widespread attention, sparking considerable discussion among influencers on social media platform ‘X’ in the fourth week of July.
Shreyasee Majumder, Social Media Analyst at GlobalData, said: “Influencers anticipate that SearchGPT may bring about a notable transformation in the search industry, positioning itself as a groundbreaking alternative to conventional search engines. Their enthusiasm is fueled by the belief that SearchGPT can significantly improve the user experience by consolidating diverse sources of information directly within the platform, potentially accelerating and streamlining the search process. They emphasize the benefits of a user-friendly interface and the potential for reduced costs per query compared to traditional search engines.
“The new offering reflects a strategic approach by OpenAI, ultimately positioning SearchGPT as a direct challenge to existing search giants and a catalyst for broader industry evolution, driving advancements in search technology and content presentation. But some influencers are expressing concerns that SearchGPT may struggle with the same issues that have plagued previous attempts to rival Google. They point to the failures of earlier innovations and highlight the persistent challenge of hallucinated AI as a major obstacle.”
Below are a few popular influencer opinions captured by GlobalData’s Social Media Analytics Platform:
“Excited to try SearchGPT by @OpenAI! When I played with ChatGPT for the first time, it was clear information retrieval as we knew it was over. I’m surprised by how less I use traditional web search today, beyond browser auto-acomplete. I’m not sentimental but having worked on search, I feel a bit of nostalgia for inverted indices, keyword based search, machine learned ranking for query-document pairs with feature engineering and model selection/tuning. But, the future will be more fun.”
“OpenAI’s new AI-powered search engine could give Google a run for its money. but why is no one talking about @perplexity_ai ? Here’s what you need to know first: #SearchGPT will summarize real-time information from various websites, including news sources, w/ cited links Users can ask follow-up Qs, mirroring the interactive experience of ChatGPT…..”
“So, @OpenAI is officially testing the waters of search with SearchGPT. It will be available inside of ChatGPT, as a trial, and not launched as a standalone product. When you see it – well it does have a search engine type feel about it. It’s ChatGPT in real-time including links to sources which run in a column down the side.….”
“Cool demo! Maybe SearchGPT can shake things up in the local search space? Helping you get stuff done in the real world Good data sources, clean widgets and super fast from the looks of it. Wonder how low they can bring down the cost per query vs google?”
“Look at the “success” of Perplexity and you can imagine the future success of SearchGPT. All wannabe Google killers died miserably. Hallucinative AI (HalAI) is the worst attempt at killing Google I could remember.”
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