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OpenAI is fresh out of SearchGPT.

The company closed the waitlist for its “prototype” generative search product, sending out emails like the one below to signed-up users who weren’t chosen to test it.

The company has said only 10,000 users will get access at first, which could help it if its searchbot gives bad recommendations like gluing slippery cheese to pizza.

A screenshot of an email letting the receiver know they weren’t chosen for SearchGPT.
There’s not enough SearchGPT to go around.
Screenshot: OpenAI’s rejection letter
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