The Web Search feature allows CometAI to retrieve and reference information from the internet when generating responses. By combining AI-generated responses with relevant web results, Web Search helps provide more current information, recent updates, and additional sources beyond the model's built-in knowledge.
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When enabled, CometAI can search the web for information related to your prompt and incorporate relevant findings into its response. Sources used during the search are displayed alongside responses, allowing users to review the referenced websites directly.
Web Search is especially useful for topics involving current events, recent announcements, evolving technologies, industry updates, and other information that changes over time.
- Access Current Information – Retrieve information from the web when responding to prompts that require recent or time-sensitive information.
- Source Attribution – View links to websites and sources used in generating responses.
- Conversation-Level Control – Enable or disable Web Search for individual conversations as needed.
- Enhanced Research Support – Combine AI reasoning with web-based information to provide more comprehensive responses.
- Integrated Experience – Search results are automatically incorporated into responses without requiring users to leave CometAI.
- Flexible Access Options – Web Search can be enabled through the Plugin Selector and the Web Search toggle within the chat interface.
Web Search can be helpful for:
- Finding recent news and announcements
- Researching current events and developing topics
- Retrieving up-to-date information about products, services, and technologies
- Verifying recent changes to policies, procedures, or regulations
- Comparing information from multiple online sources
- Gathering supporting references for academic, research, or professional work
- Go to User Menu > Settings.
- From Settings, go to Configurations tab and scroll down to Features.
- Then enable Web Search and Save the settings.
- Enable the Web Search toggle in the Plugin selector bubble in chat interface (Mandatory).
- And enable the Web Search green icon underneath the conversation bar (Mandatory).
Follow all the previous steps to enable Web Search in conversations and then ask a prompt like.
Example Prompt:
"Use web search to find the latest OpenAI news from the past 7 days. Return exactly 5 articles with:
1) headline
2) source name
3) publication date
4) direct URL"
Note: You can view the sources/hyperlinks of the retrieved websites in the Sources bar in each conversation.
- Follow all the previous steps to enable Web Search in conversations.
- Select an Assistant using @ from the chat bar or from the Assistants tab then the drop-down menu.
Disclaimer: CometAI Web Search uses the Brave Web Search API on the back end. The CometAI Web Search endpoint also follows a Zero Data Retention policy. Currently adding your own API keys for Web Search is disabled.