February 16th.OpenAI CEO Sam.Oltmann (name)(Sam Altman) said today on social media platform X that the company is interested in the ChatGPT 4o Updated.And it says it's become "the best search product on the web."In the post, Altman mentioned that ChatGPT 4o performed "quite well" and "will get better soon. In his post, Altman mentioned that ChatGPT 4o performed "quite well" and "will get better soon." He also retweeted posts praising the chatbot's "incredibly good" and "human-like" writing skills.
According to 1AI.GPT-4o Originally released in May 2024, OpenAI announced on January 29 that GPT-4o, a "smarter model" that can provide "more relevant, timely and contextually accurate answers," especially to questions about cultural and social trends. 's "smarter models" can provide "more relevant, timely, and contextually accurate answers," especially on questions about cultural and social trends.
It's unclear whether the update Altman is referring to is the ChatGPT 4o update the company announced on January 29thOpenAI has not yet responded to a request for comment.
Altman's comments about GPT-4o's search capabilities came during an interaction with Aravind Srinivas, founder and CEO of Perplexity, an AI startup focused on search, and Srinivas, who previously worked at OpenAI. He responded to Altman's post about the GPT-4o update by asking, "Sorry, what's the update?" Altman responded that "among many other improvements, it's now the best search product on the web," and suggested that Srinivas "try it out for yourself." For his part, Srinivas said his company had just released an in-depth research agent tool. Altman then replied, "Keep up the good work, I'm proud of you."
According to Evercore ISI, ChatGPT has increased its search market share between June and November 2024, beginning to challenge Google's dominance in this highly profitable segment.
