OpenAI on Tuesday announced a new feature for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT. The new capability will allow users to search through their chat history to quickly find relevant information from previous conversations. This is a significant improvement from the current workaround that requires users to scroll through the entire history to find the desired conversation. Currently, this feature is only available on ChatGPT’s web portal and is being offered to paid customers of the platform.
ChatGPT gets chat history search feature
The official handle of OpenAI announced the new feature in a post on Twitter. The ability to search through past chats has been a highly requested feature by users, as currently, it takes more time to find relevant information.
Along with the chat history search feature, users can now find a new magnifying glass icon on the side panel of ChatGPT Web, placed on the left side of the window. Users can tap this icon to open a text field where they can type specific keywords to search past conversations. The text field also shows recent chats so users can quickly select one without typing anything.
This feature is currently being rolled out for ChatGPT Plus and Teams users. OpenAI also highlighted that enterprise and Edu customers will get access to the chat history search feature within a week. However, those on the free tier of the platform will have to wait until next month to see the feature.
Notably, those using ChatGPT’s Android and iOS apps or those on the Windows or Mac desktop apps will not get this feature for the time being. OpenAI did not say whether this feature will be extended to these platforms in the near future.
OpenAI has been quietly adding new features to ChatGPT to stay ahead of rivals. Another recent feature added to the web version of the platform is web search capability. This is different from the original capability of the GPT-4o model, which can scrape the Internet.
The Web with Search feature – available as a globe icon within the text field – uses websites to find only relevant information and displays it alongside the sources of each new information. In functionality, it is somewhat similar to what Perplexity AI offers.
