Tests reveal ChatGPT Plus quoting content only indexed by Google. Is ChatGPT Plus somehow sourcing answers using Google Search results?

However, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, stated during a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing on AI in May that, despite some advantages of ChatGPT, it will “probably not” replace Google. As more players have entered the AI race in the last year, it remains to be seen how it will play out.

As Fast Company reports, "Nearly 4,500 conversations come up in results for the Google site search, though many don’t include personal details or identifying information." In ChatGPT, if you chose to share a chat or prompt with someone else, you were hit with a tick option, which gave it permission to 'make this chat discoverable'.