ChatGPT Search: iPhone users can now leverage the AI search engine with Shortcuts support [Video]

OpenAI has added a “SearchGPT” Shortcut to the ChatGPT app for iPhones.

First spotted by MacRumors, when you go to Shortcuts, there’s now an option to directly invoke the web search option of ChatGPT. Next to other ChatGPT commands like “Ask ChatGPT,” “Start a voice conversation,” and “OpenChatGPT,” there’s a new command that says “Open SearchGPT.” This will automatically start a new ChatGPT conversation with the search function turned on.

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OpenAI officially called the AI-powered search engine “ChatGPT Search,” but in pre-release testing, the prototype was referred to as “SearchGPT,” hence the name of the Shortcut command. Mashable has reached out to OpenAI for clarification and will update this story with a response.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Search in October, which performs real-time web searches in addition to traditional ChatGPT responses. Tapping the globe icon connects ChatGPT to the web, which provides answers with relevant sources linked in …