diff --git a/apps/admin/src/components/steps/StepGenerate.tsx b/apps/admin/src/components/steps/StepGenerate.tsx
index 1aba913..c83078c 100644
--- a/apps/admin/src/components/steps/StepGenerate.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin/src/components/steps/StepGenerate.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useState } from 'react';
-import { Box, Stack, TextField, Typography, Button, Alert, CircularProgress } from '@mui/material';
+import { Box, Stack, TextField, Typography, Button, Alert, CircularProgress, FormControlLabel, Checkbox, Link } from '@mui/material';
 import SelectedImages from './SelectedImages';
 import CollapsibleSection from './CollapsibleSection';
 import StepHeader from './StepHeader';
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export default function StepGenerate({
 }) {
   const [generating, setGenerating] = useState(false);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string>('');
+  const [useWebSearch, setUseWebSearch] = useState(false);
+  const [sources, setSources] = useState<Array<{ title: string; url: string }>>([]);
   return (
     <Box sx={{ display: 'grid', gap: 2 }}>
       <StepHeader 
@@ -61,15 +63,33 @@ export default function StepGenerate({
 
         {/* Prompt */}
         <CollapsibleSection title="AI Prompt">
-          <TextField
-            label="Instructions + context for AI generation"
-            value={promptText}
-            onChange={(e) => onChangePrompt(e.target.value)}
-            fullWidth
-            multiline
-            minRows={4}
-            placeholder="Example: Write a comprehensive technical article about building a modern blog platform. Include sections on architecture, key features, and deployment. Target audience: developers with React experience."
-          />
+          <Stack spacing={2}>
+            <TextField
+              label="Instructions + context for AI generation"
+              value={promptText}
+              onChange={(e) => onChangePrompt(e.target.value)}
+              fullWidth
+              multiline
+              minRows={4}
+              placeholder="Example: Write a comprehensive technical article about building a modern blog platform. Include sections on architecture, key features, and deployment. Target audience: developers with React experience."
+            />
+            <FormControlLabel
+              control={
+                <Checkbox 
+                  checked={useWebSearch} 
+                  onChange={(e) => setUseWebSearch(e.target.checked)}
+                />
+              }
+              label={
+                <Box>
+                  <Typography variant="body2">Research with web search (gpt-4o-mini-search)</Typography>
+                  <Typography variant="caption" color="text.secondary">
+                    AI will search the internet for current information, facts, and statistics
+                  </Typography>
+                </Box>
+              }
+            />
+          </Stack>
         </CollapsibleSection>
 
         {/* Generate Button */}
@@ -96,10 +116,12 @@ export default function StepGenerate({
                   prompt: promptText,
                   audioTranscriptions: transcriptions.length > 0 ? transcriptions : undefined,
                   selectedImageUrls: imageUrls.length > 0 ? imageUrls : undefined,
+                  useWebSearch,
                 });
                 
                 onGeneratedDraft(result.content);
                 onImagePlaceholders(result.imagePlaceholders);
+                setSources(result.sources || []);
               } catch (err: any) {
                 setError(err?.message || 'Generation failed');
               } finally {
@@ -127,6 +149,18 @@ export default function StepGenerate({
         {generatedDraft && (
           <CollapsibleSection title="Generated Draft">
             <Stack spacing={2}>
+              {sources.length > 0 && (
+                <Alert severity="success">
+                  <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold', mb: 0.5 }}>Sources ({sources.length}):</Typography>
+                  <Stack spacing={0.5}>
+                    {sources.map((source, idx) => (
+                      <Typography key={idx} variant="caption" component="div">
+                        {idx + 1}. <Link href={source.url} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">{source.title}</Link>
+                      </Typography>
+                    ))}
+                  </Stack>
+                </Alert>
+              )}
               {imagePlaceholders.length > 0 && (
                 <Alert severity="info">
                   <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold', mb: 0.5 }}>Image Placeholders Detected:</Typography>
diff --git a/apps/admin/src/services/ai.ts b/apps/admin/src/services/ai.ts
index c7ce40a..36f9a1d 100644
--- a/apps/admin/src/services/ai.ts
+++ b/apps/admin/src/services/ai.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export async function generateDraft(payload: {
   prompt: string;
   audioTranscriptions?: string[];
   selectedImageUrls?: string[];
+  useWebSearch?: boolean;
 }) {
   const res = await fetch('/api/ai/generate', {
     method: 'POST',
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ export async function generateDraft(payload: {
     imagePlaceholders: string[];
     tokensUsed: number;
     model: string;
+    sources?: Array<{ title: string; url: string }>;
   }>;
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/api/src/ai-generate.ts b/apps/api/src/ai-generate.ts
index 6edbb2d..69d4e2f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/ai-generate.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/ai-generate.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@ router.post('/generate', async (req, res) => {
       prompt,
       audioTranscriptions,
       selectedImageUrls,
+      useWebSearch = false,
     } = req.body as {
       prompt: string;
       audioTranscriptions?: string[];
       selectedImageUrls?: string[];
+      useWebSearch?: boolean;
     };
 
     if (!prompt) {
@@ -87,9 +89,13 @@ router.post('/generate', async (req, res) => {
 
     console.log('[AI Generate] Starting generation with OpenAI...');
     console.log('[AI Generate] User prompt length:', userPrompt.length);
+    console.log('[AI Generate] Web search enabled:', useWebSearch);
 
-    const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
-      model: 'gpt-4o', // Using GPT-4 with internet access capability
+    // Choose model based on web search requirement
+    const model = useWebSearch ? 'gpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11' : 'gpt-4o';
+
+    const completionParams: any = {
+      model,
       messages: [
         {
           role: 'system',
@@ -100,9 +106,18 @@ router.post('/generate', async (req, res) => {
           content: userPrompt,
         },
       ],
-      temperature: 0.7,
       max_tokens: 4000,
-    });
+    };
+
+    // Add web search options if enabled
+    if (useWebSearch) {
+      completionParams.web_search_options = {};
+    } else {
+      // Only add temperature for non-search models
+      completionParams.temperature = 0.7;
+    }
+
+    const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create(completionParams);
 
     const generatedContent = completion.choices[0]?.message?.content || '';
     
@@ -120,11 +135,27 @@ router.post('/generate', async (req, res) => {
       imagePlaceholders.push(match[1]);
     }
 
+    // Extract source citations if web search was used
+    const sources: Array<{ title: string; url: string }> = [];
+    if (useWebSearch && completion.choices[0]?.message?.annotations) {
+      const annotations = completion.choices[0].message.annotations as any[];
+      for (const annotation of annotations) {
+        if (annotation.type === 'url_citation' && annotation.url_citation) {
+          sources.push({
+            title: annotation.url_citation.title || 'Source',
+            url: annotation.url_citation.url,
+          });
+        }
+      }
+      console.log('[AI Generate] Found', sources.length, 'source citations');
+    }
+
     return res.json({
       content: generatedContent,
       imagePlaceholders,
       tokensUsed: completion.usage?.total_tokens || 0,
       model: completion.model,
+      sources: sources.length > 0 ? sources : undefined,
     });
   } catch (err: any) {
     console.error('[AI Generate] Error:', err);