Title: Letting ChatGPT Access the Internet Author: Alex Kirk Published: June 13, 2023 Last modified: October 26, 2023 --- # Letting ChatGPT Access the Internet June 13, 2023 With the [new Completions function calling API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/gpt/function-calling) you can actually enable ChatGPT to access the internet. I did a few quick experiments where I provided it with a function called `get_extracted_url_contents`. See how it made use of it: ## Get News Script: [https://github.com/akirk/cli-chatgpt/blob/main/get-news.php](https://github.com/akirk/cli-chatgpt/blob/main/get-news.php) > $ php get-news.php > Prompt: Get some news from a random US news website on the internet. > Fetching > https://www.cnn.com by request of ChatGPT.AI (239 tokens used):According to CNN, > the breaking news is that the former US president has been arraigned on 37 federal > charges involving the alleged mishandling of highly classified military documents. > This is a historic first. Or from a German website: > Prompt: Get some news from a random German news website on the internet. Please > only respond in English. > Fetching https://www.spiegel.de/international by request > of ChatGPT.AI (1363 tokens used):Here are some news headlines from SPIEGEL International: > 1. “Ukraine’s President Calls on NATO to Set Clear ‘Red Lines’ for Russia” – Ukrainian > President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged NATO to establish clear “red lines” to > deter further aggression from Russia. Zelensky made these remarks during a visit > to Brussels. > 2. “German Cabinet Approves New COVID-19 Restrictions, Including Nationwide Vaccination > Mandate” – The German government has approved new measures to combat the spread > of COVID-19, including a nationwide vaccination mandate for certain groups of > people. These measures come as Germany faces a surge in COVID-19 cases. > 3. “Turkey Summons German Ambassador Over ‘AfD-Led’ Turkish Ship Inspection” – Turkey > has summoned the German ambassador to protest against the inspection of a Turkish > ship by a German frigate in the Mediterranean Sea. The inspection was led by > a member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. > 4. “European Court of Justice Rules Hungary’s NGO Law Violates EU Law” – The European > Court of Justice has ruled that Hungary’s controversial law that restricts the > activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) violates EU law. The law > required NGOs that receive funding from abroad to register as “foreign-funded > organizations.” > Please note that these are just a few selected headlines. For more information, > you can visit the SPIEGEL International website. One more try for a specific site: > Prompt: Get some news from ORF. Please only respond in English. > Fetching https:// > orf.at/ by request of ChatGPT.AI (1286 tokens used):Here are some news headlines > from ORF: > 1. Document affair: Trump declares “not guilty” > 2. Babler presents his new team > 3. Johnson vs. Sunak: Insults keeping the British on edge > 4. Slovenia wants to keep borders with Croatia open > 5. WKStA secures data in the Chancellor’s Office > 6. Alaba is about to reach the next milestone > 7. Alpine climate in winter is significantly too mild > 8. IAEA “very concerned” about fighting near Zaporizhia nuclear power plant > 9. NATO hopes Ukrainian successes will force Moscow to negotiate > Please note that these are only the headlines and more details can be found on > the ORF website. ## Summarize URLs Script: [https://github.com/akirk/cli-chatgpt/blob/main/summarize-url.php](https://github.com/akirk/cli-chatgpt/blob/main/summarize-url.php) > $ php summarize-url.php https://alex.kirk.at/2023/02/02/what-is-matrix/ > Fetching > https://alex.kirk.at/2023/02/02/what-is-matrix/ by request of ChatGPT.AI (1340 > tokens used):Matrix is an open-source internet-based chat system that operates > on a federated model similar to email. It allows users to send and receive messages > through homeservers, which maintain up-to-date copies of chat rooms. Matrix rooms > can be either unencrypted and openly discoverable or end-to-end encrypted and > invite-only, with encryption keys shared between users’ client software. There > is a wide selection of Matrix clients available for different platforms, and a > WordPress plugin called Chatrix has been developed to embed Matrix into WordPress > posts or pages. ## Research Script: [https://github.com/akirk/cli-chatgpt/blob/main/research.php](https://github.com/akirk/cli-chatgpt/blob/main/research.php) Here it required several runs to get the right response since it tried to access a lot of invalid URLs. But it eventually managed. > $ php research.php > Prompt: Research on the internet who won the ATP French Open > 2023 but don’t use a search engine.Fetching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_French_Open > by request of ChatGPT.AI (1085 tokens used):According to the information on the > Wikipedia page for the 2023 French Open, Novak Djokovic won the ATP Men’s Singles > championship. Things also worked out in the end when I gave it the ability to do multipel requests: > $ php research.php > Prompt: Research on wikipedia who won the (both men’s and women’s) > ATP French Open 2023. If you cannot find a result, ask for a subsequent a function > call.Fetching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Singles > by request of ChatGPT.PHP Warning: file_get_contents(https://en.wikipedia.org/ > wiki/2023_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Singles): Failed to open stream: HTTP > request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found > Fetching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Singles > by request of ChatGPT.PHP Warning: file_get_contents(https://en.wikipedia.org/ > wiki/2023_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_Singles): Failed to open stream: HTTP > request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found > Fetching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > 2023_French_Open by request of ChatGPT.AI (1630 tokens used):The winner of the > men’s singles ATP French Open 2023 is Novak Djokovic, and the winner of the women’s > singles ATP French Open 2023 is Iga Świątek. This has been just a quick exploration following [OpenAI’s announcement](https://openai.com/blog/function-calling-and-other-api-updates). Curious how we’ll leverage this better in future! [AI](https://alex.kirk.at/category/ai/), [Explorations](https://alex.kirk.at/category/explorations/), [Web](https://alex.kirk.at/category/web/) [ChatGPT](https://alex.kirk.at/tag/chatgpt/), [LLMs](https://alex.kirk.at/tag/llms/) Read this next [Previous Post](https://alex.kirk.at/2023/06/11/1810678/) ## One response to “Letting ChatGPT Access the Internet” 1. [Alex Kirk](https://alex.kirk.at/2023/06/14/1815797/) 2. 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