The popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday with users worldwide, including India, unable to generate responses. However, the company is currently working on a fix and has also announced a new search feature that will allow users to search the web for answers and display results with proper citations. This feature could position ChatGPT as an alternative to Google Search, but there may also be concerns of inaccurate responses and citations. OpenAI has also announced a new safety and security committee to assess and enhance its processes.