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ChatGPT can be used as default Safari search engine with new extension

by TimLeland on 2/25/25, 4:05 PM with 19 comments

• by loudmax on 2/25/25, 5:41 PM

  I use LLMs all day and they've replaced a lot of what I'd previously searched for. Even so, I don't think I'm ready yet for an LLM as default search engine. LLMs are useful for generating information based on what they know about. For example, generating useful commands for tools like `ffmpeg` or `jq`. They're not better than a search engine for finding factual information, like "What is the population of Canada?" LLM hallucination is still a thing.

  LLMs replace some of the work we'd previously had to rely on search engines for. They're not a replacement for everything, and they shouldn't be used as such.

• by daft_pink on 2/25/25, 4:59 PM

  Will this still send your information to Google because the redirect sometimes happens after the search has already been sent? I’m curious because I use a similar Kagi extension and I feel like it’s definitely sending my information to DuckDuckGo which sucks. I wish apple would allow more search options.

• by Alifatisk on 2/25/25, 6:04 PM

  I've been a Perplexity user for about a year now, why would anyone pick ChatGPT search over Perplexity?

• by TriangleEdge on 2/25/25, 5:00 PM

  Cool. I'd use ChatGPT as my default search in Firefox. I'm not going to start using Safari for this however.

• by testmasterflex on 2/25/25, 7:08 PM

  ChatGPTs search is still slow and has low overview.

• by thatgerhard on 2/25/25, 8:47 PM

  Currently apoenai feels dead in the water

• by system7rocks on 2/25/25, 5:26 PM

  But the bigger question is - at what cost?