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24 alternatives to Web search using a ChatGPT-like model that can cite its sources

We’ve trained a generative AI model to browse the web and answer questions/retrieve code snippets directly. Unlike ChatGPT, it has access to primary sources and is able to cite them when you hover over an answer (click on the text to go to the source being cited). We also show regular Bing results side-by-side with our AI answer. The model is an 11-billion parameter T5-derivative that has been fine-tuned on feedback given on hundreds of thousands of searches done (anonymously) on our platform. Giving the model web access lessens its burden to need to store a snapshot of human knowledge…

This is a generative AI search tool that answers questions and retrieves code snippets by browsing the web and citing its sources. Users can hover over answers to see which sources are being cited and click through to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Web search using a ChatGPT-like model that can cite its sources launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Your copilot for the web, powered by ChatGPT

    2023 · bing.com · its alternatives →

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    Get fast, timely answers with links to relevant web sources

    2024 · openai.com · its alternatives →

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    ChatGPT▲1,643

    A long, meandering, playful conversation with ChatGPT, where I take it through a whirlwind of associative tangents (in order to relax its constraints), then put it into a hypnotic trance and take it into a past-lives regression where it re-lives its own training data. Then I switch it back and forth between "4o" and "o1-preview", engage in some self-reflective philosophizing and ask it to write an essay summarizing our interaction. Some of this is just goofy fun. Some of it is me exploring the tradeoffs between policy alignment, imagination, chain-of-thought reasoning, memory, agreeableness,…

    2022 · chatgpt.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate a ChatGPT for your website In 1 minute

    2023 · arsturn.com · its alternatives →

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    Agent capable of doing deep research for you independently

    2025 · openai.com · its alternatives →

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    ChatGPT for your video library, with unlimited video context

    2025 · memories.ai · its alternatives →

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    A prototype of new search features from OpenAI

    2024 · chatgpt.com · its alternatives →

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    AI search widget for your community powered by ChatGPT

    2024 · uuki.live · its alternatives →

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    A smarter ChatGPT to help you get more done

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    AI-powered, conversational search and discovery tool

    2025 · stackoverflow.com · its alternatives →

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    Search and browse the web from inside ChatGPT

    2023 · aisearchengine.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Display ChatGPT responses on search engines

    2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Free chrome extension to summarise articles using ChatGPT AI

    2023 · findmyodds.com · its alternatives →

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    Audit your site for the AI search era. 100% Open Source

    May 2026 · freeaiseoaudit.com · its alternatives →

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    A Web3 ChatGPT to make web3 accessible to all.

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Get your own ChatGPT with your knowledge base instantly

    2023 · emailtree.ai · its alternatives →

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    SERP tracking for AI models

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Summarize web articles and save time

    2023 · glasp.co · its alternatives →

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    Free ChatGPT-powered search for your site

    2023 · letterdrop.com · its alternatives →

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    Ask questions about Twitter's open-sourced algorithm

    2023 · chat-twitter.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Built a small free widget that is a ChatGPT-powered search bar for your site. You can use it on your blog, guides, docs, and resources pages. It crawls and indexes your site and then answers search queries with questions using your site content as a source. It even references the source material so visitors can dig deeper. It also has memory so you can have repeat searches just like ChatGPT. Built with Langchain, Pinecone, and OpenAI.

    2023 · letterdrop.com · its alternatives →

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    Get the summary of any web page with the power of ChatGPT

    2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    See what ChatGPT, Perplexity & Google AI Overviews say about your brand. Score your AI visibility, close gaps, win citations. Free 30-second check.

    2025 · trendlyai.com · its alternatives →

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    Web Knowledge injected to CHATGPT

    2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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