ChatGPT is finally connected to the web after huge OpenAI update

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy OpenAI has unveiled a major update to its ChatGPT app, allowing users to finally browse the web with the AI chatbot. “Moving from alpha to beta, they allow ChatGPT to access the internet and to use 70+ third-party plugins.” The update comes just days after Google overhauled its Bard AI system, integrating it with many of its core products like Gmail and Maps. News about the tech giant’s new and improved artificial intelligence was the headline event at its annual Google I/O developer conference last week, keeping in line with the firm’s pledge to be an “AI first company”. “Artificial intelligence urgently needs rules and safeguards to address its immense promise and pitfalls,” said Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, who chairs the Senate panel on privacy and technology.