Microsoft today launched an updated Bing search engine, which is now endowed with artificial intelligence. Already today, ordinary users will be able to try out an updated search engine based on the wildly popular ChatGPT AI chatbot by visiting the desktop version of the Bing.com website. True, while everything works with limited functionality.
The Bing homepage offers several sample search terms for users to try out. Clicking on them takes the user to a Bing search page with a traditional list of results on the left and a chat box on the right with an AI-generated answer. For example, you could ask Bing to create a three-course vegetarian menu for six people with a chocolate dessert, or suggest a cardboard box craft idea for a child. Searching for your own query so far only returns traditional Bing search results.
The search engine also has a chat function with an AI bot, but it is not yet available to everyone. You can join the waiting list here. Microsoft says that users who are signed in with their Microsoft account, set the Microsoft default settings on their PC, and download the Bing app will receive priority.
In the coming weeks, Microsoft plans to bring AI search to millions of people and also launch a mobile version. In a blog post about the rollout of the new search engine, Microsoft says it’s “excited to bring the new Bing and Edge to the real world to get the critical feedback we need to improve our models as we scale.”
To bring AI features to Bing, Microsoft is working with OpenAI, the developer of the ChatGPT AI chatbot. However, Microsoft claims to be using a “large next generation OpenAI language model” that is even “more powerful than ChatGPT”.
With the new Bing, users will be able to enter queries of up to 1,000 words and receive annotated AI-generated responses that will be displayed alongside regular web search results. Microsoft is also adding a way to refine these results with a new built-in chatbot in Bing.
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