ChatGPT can now look at the web — for real this time – ARNnet
Forgot password?
Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.
Generative AI chatbot ChatGPT can keep up with current events thanks to a new update, and is also getting direct access to the DALL-E 3 image-generation system.
The latest version of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s groundbreaking generative AI chatbot, now has access to real-time information from the internet at large, curing what had been seen as one of its key flaws.
Thanks to an integration with Microsoft’s Bing search engine – the company is a major investor in ChatGPT maker OpenAI – the AI chatbot is now able to look up the latest available information on any topic. Previously, ChatGPT’s answers were based merely on its large language model (LLM) training data, which only ran through September of 2021.
The browsing feature was originally launched in June 2023, but was disabled shortly thereafter, due to what OpenAI called a habit of “occasionally display[ing] content in ways we don’t want,” which reportedly included skipping through paywalls to access content it shouldn’t have. Browsing rolled back out to beta customers of OpenAI Plus (the company’s paid subscription service, which includes access to the more-advanced version 4 of the AI) late last month, and is now out of beta and fully available to Plus customers.
“Plus and Enterprise users no longer need to switch the beta toggle to use browse, and are able to choose ‘browse with Bing’ from the GPT-4 model selector,” OpenAI said in release notes published this week.
Users will still need a Plus subscription to access the new functionality, and can reach it from within the OpenAI app or Bing browser. The company also added direct access to the DALL-E 3 image generation system from within the ChatGPT client this week, which also requires a paid subscription. That feature is only available in beta, however, meaning it’s not yet available to every user.
“From a simple sentence to a detailed paragraph, ask ChatGPT what you want to see and it will translate your ideas into exceptionally accurate images,” OpenAI’s release notes said.
Other chatbots already boast some access to the internet, although the precise uses of internet connectivity vary. Perplexity, an open source chatbot based on ChatGPT v3, has had the type of internet access now implemented in OpenAI’s proprietary version for some time, while Meta’s in-house LLM is able to use Bing for image generation from text prompts. (Meta’s focus has been different than OpenAI’s in several ways, centring more on providing an array of specific-use chatbots rather than one overall general intelligence, although the Facebook parent company does have Llama LLM to fill that role.)
Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.
Membership is free, and your security and privacy remain protected. View our privacy policy before signing up.
Innovation Awards is the market-leading awards program for celebrating ecosystem innovation and excellence across the technology sector in Australia.
Your essential guide to Australian Distributors
Find distributors by name – vendor – location
Your essential guide to Australian Vendors
Find vendors by name – category
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most transformative technologies in the last decade with partners positioned for success.
The 2023 SentinelOne APJ Partner Summit was held in Vietnam and marked the culmination of a three-day channel event with more than 170 participants from 14 countries gathered to strengthen business connections, share insights and best practices. Top partners were also recognised for their efforts in 2023.
Hitachi Vantara recently held its partner conference in Canberra on 30 August and took the chance to celebrate top A/NZ partners with accolades during the event which saw Optus Enterprise, Ethan Global, Datacom Australia, CCL and VMware Australia take home top honours.
Copyright © 2023 IDG Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of IDG Communications, Inc. is prohibited.
Foundry Sites: Computerworld Australia | CIO Australia | CMO Australia | CSO Online
Links: Privacy Policy [Updated 22 Feb 2023] | Copyright Notice | | Reprints | Advertising
16 November 2023
