It's not the same thing.
ChatGPT search is an end user facing offering that is not available via API.
Google's grounding feature is mostly for API users and seems like a parameter that can be used to first search before providing an answer. It seems quite expensive tbh but otherwise really nice. 35 USD / 1000 requests
Google's grounding feature is mostly for API users and seems like a parameter that can be used to first search before providing an answer. It seems quite expensive tbh but otherwise really nice. 35 USD / 1000 requests