Knowledge baseSourcesDavid Konitzny (then KKP), Masters of Search Podcast

ChatGPT DECODED! How AI Search works

Author David Konitzny (then KKP), Masters of Search Podcast Date 2025-11-19 Model state GPT-5, autumn 2025, bookmarklet captures Open source →

Key findings

An early DACH contribution on the mechanics: fan-out, the switch to English, product searches as a separate layer, session variance, the bookmarklet as a tool.

Checked against our data

Three of the four key claims are confirmed against our data three quarters of a year later; the Bing claim is outdated. Konitzny works with the same type of tool as GPTSpy and is the nearest partner for cross-checks in the DACH region.

ClaimStatusEvidence
German prompts are researched internally in English and translatedconfirmedEnglish fan-outs at K6-01, K11-01; mixed at K2-01 (2026-08-22). Not throughout: local and news stay German.
A hidden layer of product searchesconfirmedproduct|... lines at K2, K3, K7, in addition to the fast/slow search.
Queries vary per sessionconfirmedFan-out wording different on every measurement day, count +/-1.
Web search is Bing-basedoutdatedSince June 2026 an own index plus Google scrapes (Mohanadasan, Segonzac); Bing only cohort-wise.

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