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Built-in OpenAI Web Search catches up with standalone APIs: 74 points in Artificial Analysis

OpenAI handles the entire search in a single Responses API call, with each task in the Artificial Analysis test costing about $0.05.
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October 6, 2026

OpenAI handles the entire search in a single Responses API call, with each task in the Artificial Analysis test costing about $0.05.
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