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 "note": "Official OpenAI and TikTok sources checked for /guides/can-chatgpt-find-trending-tiktok-products/. Short quotes only.",
 "facts": [
  {
   "claim": "Web search is available on ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu, and signed-out users can use it. Search results and citations can be incomplete, outdated or incorrect. Search partners' privacy policies listed: Microsoft, Shopify.",
   "source": "https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9237897-searching-the-web-with-chatgpt",
   "checked": "2026-09-30"
  },
  {
   "claim": "Shopping results: products selected by ChatGPT from structured metadata from first- and third-party providers; Shopify merchants integrated via Shopify Catalog; direct product feeds by application. Labels like 'Most popular' are generated by ChatGPT and 'not guarantees or verified statements'. Reviews and ratings are not verified by OpenAI. TikTok Shop is not mentioned.",
   "source": "https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11128490-shopping-with-chatgpt-search",
   "checked": "2026-09-30"
  },
  {
   "claim": "Known limits: knowledge cutoff; 'Lack of access' to sites due to technical issues, paywalls or robots.txt; hallucinations including fabricated citations.",
   "source": "https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8313428-does-chatgpt-tell-the-truth",
   "checked": "2026-09-30"
  },
  {
   "claim": "GPT-5.6 Sol rolling out in ChatGPT from 9 July 2026 to eligible paid plans; Free, Go and logged-out users not included.",
   "source": "https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9624314-model-release-notes",
   "checked": "2026-09-30"
  },
  {
   "claim": "GPT-5.6 Sol: Feb 16, 2026 knowledge cutoff; inputs text and image.",
   "source": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.6-sol",
   "checked": "2026-09-30"
  },
  {
   "claim": "GPT-5.5: Dec 01, 2025 knowledge cutoff.",
   "source": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-5.5",
   "checked": "2026-09-30"
  },
  {
   "claim": "Sites opted out of OAI-SearchBot are not shown in ChatGPT search answers (can still appear as navigational links). For ChatGPT-User, robots.txt rules 'may not apply'.",
   "source": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/bots",
   "checked": "2026-09-30"
  },
  {
   "claim": "Developer mode: available to Pro, Plus, Business, Enterprise and Education accounts on the web; full MCP client support; warns about prompt injection and malicious MCPs.",
   "source": "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/developer-mode",
   "checked": "2026-09-30"
  },
  {
   "claim": "TikTok robots.txt (Internet Archive copy of 28 September 2026) lists GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot and ChatGPT-User among 25 user agents under 'Disallow: /'.",
   "source": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260928021418/https://www.tiktok.com/robots.txt",
   "checked": "2026-09-30",
   "userAgentsInBlock": 25
  },
  {
   "claim": "TokConnect plans: Free 50 credits; Starter $49/month 500 credits; Growth $99/month 2,000; Pro $199/month 8,000. A typical question uses 1 to 4 credits. TokConnect does not track TikTok Shop sales, GMV, ad spend or revenue.",
   "source": "TokConnect pricing (internal brief, 30 September 2026)",
   "checked": "2026-09-30"
  }
 ]
}