OpenAI's SearchGPT prototype provided incorrect information about music festival dates in its demonstration video, showing the An Appalachian Summer Festival as running July 29-August 16 when it actually ended July 27.
OpenAI announced SearchGPT, a prototype AI-powered search tool, in July 2024 as a potential competitor to Google search. In the demonstration video accompanying the announcement, a user queried 'music festivals in boone north carolina in august' and SearchGPT listed the An Appalachian Summer Festival as running from July 29 to August 16. However, the festival actually started June 29 and ended July 27, with July 29-August 16 being the dates when the box office was officially closed. The error was confirmed by the festival's box office. This incident is part of a broader pattern of AI search tools providing hallucinated or incorrect information, including previous errors from ChatGPT, Google Bard, and other AI systems. SearchGPT was made available to 10,000 early testers on a waitlist, with plans to eventually integrate search features into ChatGPT. The prototype includes inline citations and links to external sources, but early users reported mixed results with some finding it less impressive than competitors like Perplexity.
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