From images, voice, to the Internet...ChatGPT is "breaking through" a series of previous limitations. On September 28, OpenAI announced on Twitter,
A GIF posted by OpenAI shows that after a question was posed to ChatGPT, ChatGPT's response suggested a series of links and provided answers based on content from the internet.
OpenAI says this feature is currently open to all Plus and Enterprise users and will soon be expanded to all users:
To enable, select BrowsewithBing in the selector under GPT-4.
This marks ChatGPT’s “return” to web browsing.
In March of this year, when OpenAI first launched third-party plug-ins for ChatGPT, it also announced two plug-ins of its own - Code Interpreter
This feature puts ChatGPT on par with Microsoft's own NewBing and Google's Bard.
It is worth noting that in late June this year, OpenAI added the ability to browse the Internet to its ChatGPTiOS application, but later disabled it because of concerns that it would allow users to bypass paywalls.
Earlier this week, OpenAI also announced a major update that will enable ChatGPT to have voice conversations with users and interact with them through images, bringing it closer to popular AI assistants like Apple's Siri.