OpenAI allows account-free ChatGPT searches

OpenAI has opened free access to ChatGPT, its AI large language model (LLM) chatbot, to all users without requiring log-ins. Readers can bookmark and use ChatGPT to answer their questions with a sensible reply instead of a long list of search results that search engines like Google provide.

AI chatbots like those from OpenAI can search through information and summarize their findings much like humans can. Some of the top chatbots available today include OpenAI ChatGPT, xAI Grok, Anthropic Claude, Meta AI, Deepseek V3, and Google Gemini. Readers who have no idea what ChatGPT can do can read about its many capabilities in this book sold on Amazon.

Unfortunately, most chatbot services require users to create an account and log in. This not only makes using AI for searching inconvenient but also exposes private account information or phone numbers to third parties. Freeing ChatGPT from accounts allows OpenAI to become the preferred AI search provider for concerned users as well as those that are simply too lazy to create an account.

The account-free features include text generation of essays or emails, basic conversations to answer questions or just chat, language translations, math, and general research of facts. A paid account is required for advanced features such as generating images, coding programs, and using files as inputs.