Hey there, Am I the only one experiencing that the GPT- 4o web search model is way worse than what OpenAI is offering in ChatGPT search? I mean, it’s not even close. For example, this prompt: “Write me an up-to-date assessment of the DAX high on May 21, 2025.” ChatGPT result: ![undefined|385x500](u…

Any idea? Would be grateful for some help. Results are not even close.

Have you searched the forums. We’ve had this conversation a few times! :wink: <a class="lightbox" href="https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/a/3/f/a3fdf9d31081de490beaa70614c2d945c0055092.png" data-download-href="/uploads/short-url/noJY2Seh3Pg0KgiAVuxkHWbp4tk.png?dl=1" title="A user on the OpenAI Developer Community forum is asking why GPT-4 search results via the API differ significantly from those provided by ChatGPT, with a visible search for similar issues showing multiple related discussions. (Captioned by AI)">[A user on the OpenAI Developer Community forum is asking why GPT-4 search results via the API differ significantly from those provided by ChatGPT, with a visible search for similar issues showing multiple related discus…

Yeah, I did. But mine is specifically about search results from GPT-4o search preview.

Sorry, it’s not something I’m super familiar with. Apologies if i came off a bit cheeky. It wasn’t my intention! Hopefully another developer with more experience with search stops by. That said, I’m fairly certain there’s a bit of “secret sauce” with ChatGPT that they keep under-wraps. One of the …

I don’t know how true this is but the rumor is that ChatGPT search has access to more websites due to contractual reasons. In any case, they’re not the same tool under the hood and prompt the LLM differently. It isn’t possible to get an exact clone of ChatGPT. As Paul mentioned, they like to use sec…

After several “so-so” attempts (because domain is kind of precise) with search via API, I ended up hooking custom GPT + bright data API + jina.ai API. Bonus, supports Google maps, reviews, related queries, etc. Had to set-up cloudflare worker with express js server to wrap the bright data API (has…

Why are API GPT-4 search results so much worse than ChatGPT search results?

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PaulBellow May 30, 2025, 5:18pm 3

Have you searched the forums. We’ve had this conversation a few times!

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Why are API GPT-4 search results so much worse than ChatGPT search results?

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