OpenAI just announced a new search tool. Its demo already got something wrong
OpenAI's new search tool, SearchGPT, aims to improve internet navigation but showed inaccuracies during its demo, misrepresenting festival dates. It's a prototype, with plans for future enhancements and user testing.
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OpenAI has introduced a new search tool called SearchGPT, designed to enhance how users navigate the internet. However, during its demonstration, the tool displayed inaccuracies, notably misrepresenting the dates of the An Appalachian Summer Festival in Boone, North Carolina. While the tool correctly identified some festivals, it incorrectly stated that the festival would occur from July 29 to August 16, when in fact, it had already started on June 29 and concluded on July 27. OpenAI acknowledged that this is an initial prototype and plans to improve it. Although SearchGPT is not yet publicly available, users can join a waitlist for testing. The tool aims to provide in-line citations and links to external sources, with future plans to integrate search features into ChatGPT. Despite the potential of AI in transforming search capabilities, the demonstration highlights ongoing issues with generative AI models, which often produce incorrect or fabricated information, a phenomenon known as "hallucination." This raises concerns about the reliability of AI-generated content and its impact on web traffic for original sources. The challenges faced by AI search engines are not new, as previous attempts by companies like Google have also resulted in significant errors. The cycle of tech companies releasing innovative products followed by public criticism for inaccuracies continues, emphasizing the need for evidence-based improvements in AI technology.
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11 commentsI don't get it. I mean, how hard can it be? These are billion dollar ventures. For god's sake, at least have an intern fact check your press releases for 15 minutes before publishing them.
On the other hand, these repeated basic mistakes certainly help in keeping expectations in check. But I doubt that's the goal of the demo...
Yesterday my coworker was talking about using Gemini and wanted to show me how neat it was. So he typed a questing into Google. The search results came back instantly with the correct information as the #1 link. 5 seconds later, the Gemini box displayed the correct information. What the hell is so impressive about that?
People need to learn to use LLMs for what they are - useful but fallible and prone to hallucinations.
Until we have a technical solution for that it’s the people that will need to adapt
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