I just tested ChatGPT Search vs. Google – here's the results

Chatgpt search looks great from this, but if it does end up replacing Google, the biggest losers will be sites like tomsguide.com. It's hard to see how they could continue to make money when I can get the same info directly from the search engine and never need to open their site again.

They even mention in the "best tvs" example that Google returns a link to one of their articles on tomsguide.com, while ChatGPT just shows a list of tvs with images. And yet, somehow they don't bring this issue up anywhere in the article.

I might understand the excitement for a truly new competitor in the search space, bit this article sounds more like an ad from openAI than something critical and informative.

I introduced my wife to ChatGPT. A week later she told me “ChatGPT is everything I always wanted Google to be”.

It was a much more enlightening comment than any detailed review or analysis could provide me.

That quickly, over a decade of built up user engagement vanished.

Can it find free to watch streams of tv shows and movies? Well Google doesn't work for that either anymore really, but I tried the russian search engine some time ago and it actually delivered.

Edit: Got the recommendation to try the russian search engine for another topic while i frustrated couldn't find anything on the common search engines and it worked. So for anyone out there looking into uncommon topics which are filtered you can give it a try.

This is why google panicked and did that whole reorg around AI. The fact that they felt compelled to say “25% of all code was written using AI” in their last earnings report tells us how much they are panicking.

They probably realized they need to revamp their whole search UI but don’t know if they can take such a drastic step and put them squarely as a ChatGPT wannabe. They know they screwed up and are behind in terms of perception at least.

The other big player here is Meta. Their llama integration into their apps is amazing. I have pretty much stopped using google ever since I found the meta AI integration in WhatsApp.

I did a similar test and tried to pull up certain categories of individuals I am interested in, with their names and linkedin profile links. ChatGPT hallucinated the names and the links.

I simply cannot move to a search, where there is random hallucination because having to check for each and every result for hallucination defeats the purpose of search itself.

This is an obvious Apples vs Oranges comparison.

You should be comparing ChatGPT Search vs Gemini since they both are LLM that query a search engine for results that generates a text response based the the text it has been provided.

Google Search is an actual search engine and querying it like it is an LLM is going to give you bad results.

A good example of this is the query, What is Apple’s current stock price, and are there any recent news updates?

Why would you ever query Google like this? If you want stock prices and recent news you literally just type "Apple stock" in Google and you get everything you need.

I really love using ChatGPT within Raycast and I use it all the time and I’m sure it is replacing my kagi searches quite a bit.

I do use perplexity and I’m hoping that ChatGPT search can replace my perplexity subscription. I pay for so many subscriptions and would love to reduce them.

It’s ironic, because I’m paying for ChatGPT’s subscription, but I often pay for the api so I can use the latest model without restriction as well and I most often use ChatGPT through my Raycast subscription. The state of AI subscription services in insane.

    ... if your priority is clear, ad-free, conversational responses
    ... The clutter-free answers from ChatGPT Search
    ... ChatGPT answers because they are so concise and without advertisers
    In a cluttered web, ChatGPT feels like a helpful friend

This will not be its final form, though. I just hope when they get around to monetizing we have a choice between a free, ad-supported option or paid non-ads service.

> ChatGPT: Wow. Once again ChatGPT search provides a cleaner interface without promoted content. For searches this personal, the extra privacy-focused approach is much appreciated. It is far more appealing to me as a user who wants information without being targeted by ads during the search — or after.

“Without promoted content” Suuure… as it is and forever shall be.

> Winner: ChatGPT leads for an approach that takes privacy and responsible content use into account. When it comes to sensitive searches, not being targeted with ads is a huge bonus.

Does Tom’s Guide do satire now?