Claude can now search the web

Excited to see this. I've really been enjoying Claude. It feels like a different, more creative flavor of experience than GPT. I use Claude a lot for dialogues and exploring ideas, like a conversational partner. Having web access will add an interesting dimension to this.

Re: Claude can now search the web

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Post by Brusco_RF » Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 5:05 PM UTC

Excited to see how this compares to Perplexity or Gemini. I remember that ChatGPT used to be able to search the web, but last I checked it it couldn't. I wonder why they removed that feature

Re: Claude can now search the web

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Post by danirogerc » Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 5:06 PM UTC

Couldn't a lot of front-ends using Claude API do this already? What's new?

Re: Claude can now search the web

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Post by 85392_school » Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 5:06 PM UTC

Brusco_RF wrote: post #5

Excited to see how this compares to Perplexity or Gemini. I remember that ChatGPT used to be able to search the web, but last I checked it it couldn't. I wonder why they removed that feature

Search was not removed from ChatGPT, although it can be glitchy at times.

Re: Claude can now search the web

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Post by newfocogi » Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 5:07 PM UTC

Brusco_RF wrote: post #5

Excited to see how this compares to Perplexity or Gemini. I remember that ChatGPT used to be able to search the web, but last I checked it it couldn't. I wonder why they removed that feature

ChatGPT can search the web (I just checked in my account). It appears to be available for all users (not just paid): https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9237897-chatgpt-search

Re: Claude can now search the web

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Post by beng-nl » Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 5:08 PM UTC

Brusco_RF wrote: post #5

Excited to see how this compares to Perplexity or Gemini. I remember that ChatGPT used to be able to search the web, but last I checked it it couldn't. I wonder why they removed that feature

As sibling said, search was nog removed. But not all models can use the web search, maybe that is causing your perception?

Re: Claude can now search the web

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Post by NBJack » Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 5:08 PM UTC

I wonder if it will actually respect the robots.txt this time.