Why OpenAI removed Web Browsing from ChatGPT

The same day we connected our ChatGPT chatbots to the internet, OpenAI disconnected ChatGPT from browsing the web. OpenAI's explanation was that, and I quote "their web browsing feature allowed for users to circumvent payment walls".

This can be difficult to understand for non-technical users of ChatGPT, so I will try to explain it as simple as I can. However to understand, we must look at how most media outlet payment walls works, and why they work like …

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