Bing

“AI will fundamentally change every software category, starting with the largest category of all – search,” said Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft. “ ...

With the Edge Sidebar, you can ask for a summary of a lengthy financial report to get the key takeaways – and then use the chat function to ask for a comparison to a competing company’s financials and automatically put it in a table. The work we are doing with OpenAI builds on our company’s yearslong effort to ensure that our AI systems are responsible by design. After that, you can ask it to help you update the tone, format and length of the post. The new Bing can generate the content to help you. We’ve also applied the AI model to our core Bing search ranking engine, which led to the largest jump in relevance in two decades. The chat experience empowers you to refine your search until you get the complete answer you are looking for by asking for more details, clarity and ideas – with links available so you can immediately act on your decisions. We’re reimagining how you interact with search, browser and chat by pulling them into a unified experience. The new Bing also cites all its sources, so you’re able to see links to the web content it references. We have developed a proprietary way of working with the OpenAI model that allows us to best leverage its power. Bing reviews results from across the web to find and summarize the answer you’re looking for. For example, you can get detailed instructions for how to substitute eggs for another ingredient in a cake you are baking right in that moment, without scrolling through multiple results. We think of these tools as an AI copilot for the web.

Microsoft is transforming an internet service that now trails far behind Google into a new way of communicating with artificial intelligence.

On the surface, at least, a Bing integration seems far different from what OpenAI has in mind for its technology. Bing launched in 2009 as a rebranding of Microsoft’s earlier search engines and was run for a time by Nadella, years before he took over as CEO. Other tech rivals such as Facebook parent Meta and Amazon also worked on similar technology, but Microsoft’s latest moves aim to position it at the centre of the ChatGPT zeitgeist. Their opaqueness also makes it hard to source back to the original human-made images and texts they’ve effectively memorised, though the new Bing includes annotations that link to sources. Along with adding it to Bing, Microsoft is also integrating the chatbot technology into its Edge browser. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Tuesday that new AI advances are “going to reshape every software category we know,” including search, much like earlier innovations in personal computers and cloud computing.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella launch the Bing search engine using ChatGPT. Along with adding it to Bing, Microsoft is also integrating ...

Other tech rivals such as Facebook parent Meta and Amazon have been researching similar technology, but Microsoft’s latest moves aim to position it at the centre of the ChatGPT zeitgeist. You have to do that out in the world.” “Make sure to check the facts.” Along with adding it to Bing, Microsoft is also integrating the chatbot technology into its Edge browser. For now, everyone can try a limited number of queries, he said. A public preview of the new Bing launched on Tuesday for desktop users who sign up for it, but Mr Mehdi said the technology will scale to millions of users in coming weeks and will eventually come to the smartphone apps for Bing and Edge.

Company to work with OpenAI to improve search and Edge web browser as rival unveils ChatGPT competitor.

Appearing at Microsoft’s event, OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, said the “the new Bing experience looks fantastic” and is based in part on lessons from its GPT line of large language models. “Make sure to check the facts.” And he used it to show how it could plan a vacation or help with shopping. In another example, he quizzed it on 1990s-era rap, showing its ability to distinguish between the song Jump by Kris Kross and Jump Around by House of Pain. [own artificial intelligence chatbot](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/03/google-poised-to-release-chatbot-technology-after-chatgpt-success), called Bard, in response to the huge success of ChatGPT. Its human-like responses to any prompt have given people new ways to think about the possibilities of marketing, writing term papers or disseminating news, or even how to query information online.

The tech giant unveiled a new version of the search engine that has long lagged behind Google Search. Microsoft said using leading artificial technology ...

Reporters at the event were given full access to the new AI-powered Bing. "It's a new day for search," said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in an announcement made at the company's headquarters on Tuesday. At least initially, people will only be able to access the new AI-powered Bing services using Microsoft's own browser, Edge. The new version is being teased for the public in a "limited preview," with a true public launch coming soon, executives said. — Microsoft unveiled a new version of its Bing search engine on Tuesday that incorporates cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology, which company executives hope will help it eventually dethrone Google as the No. Google controls about 90% of the online search market.

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that its powerful AI tool ChatGPT will now be used in its search service Bing. Google unveiled its own AI tool — a competitor ...

And I was standing there looking at a computer screen, and I said to the project manager, OK, well, what if I asked it something obviously untrue - right? OK, so say you want to plan a five-day vacation to Mexico with the new service, right? Soon, people who use Bing will be able to use a tool that's sort of like talking to a real human. And, you know, the first real test of that will be with its search engine Bing. Before you Google it, it's the search engine that Microsoft released more than a decade ago. Executives hope that'll help it unseat Google and become the top search engine of the future.

Microsoft has debuted a new version of its Bing search engine using AI technology from OpenAI, along with an update to the Edge browser that can summa...

At the time of writing, the current version of Edge (109.0.1518.78) did not include these capabilities. That's probably small comfort to publishers who rely on advertising to at least partly fund their operations (yes, like iTWire, but also like the many bloggers who make just enough from advertising to cover their costs, allowing them to continue their labours of love). Like ChatGPT, Bing is able to generate content such as emails, itineraries and quizzes.

Microsoft has incorporated ChatGPT into Bing. It could be the start of a new era where searching for information for fun or work has never been easier.

I work in a competitive newsroom where every click, share and engagement metric is painstakingly tracked. That little factoid, and the link to the old story, made for a richer reading experience. But finding these gems in the vast trove of published content online is not easy. What was the policy environment like at the time and when did the laws around ‘gold salting’ change?” And frankly, I’d welcome most of the changes. ChatGPT is the most obvious example in a long time.

Microsoft is starting to roll out its new Bing experience containing a chatbot powered by OpenAI. It's sometimes unwilling to do things that ChatGPT will.

Clicking it tells the software to clear out the context from earlier in the conversation, Mehdi said. [current version](https://www.bing.com/search?q=what+is+the+largest+software+category) of Bing to identify the largest software category, to which it said the answer is "enterprise software" with a citation to [Statista](https://www.statista.com/markets/418/topic/484/software/#overview). Gaining that much muscle mass could "require a lot of genetic potential, steroids, or both," Bing noted, linking out to an article from the Healthline website about the subject. At times the Bing chatbot opted not to do things that ChatGPT would do. Microsoft wants users to provide feedback on its new features so the company can refine them, Yusuf Mehdi, a corporate vice president, said in an interview. And the new chat feature will say that "one could argue that search advertising is the largest software category in the world by revenue," and hedges by noting there are many ways to evaluate different kinds of software. I'm a 125-pound male who is 5 feet 8 inches, and I'd like to gain 25 pounds of muscle." Bing not only presents lists of cinema, music, and literature representing German Expressionism, but it also gives users extra context about the artistic movement. When that prompt is entered into ChatGPT, the OpenAI tool generates three bulleted lists detailing examples of German Expressionism in film, music and literature. And it's similar to ChatGPT in that it provides a lot more information than you might expect from a traditional search. The new Bing can at times be more helpful, or at least more entertaining, than the usual blue links in search results. "This is the largest software category that exists, and it's incredibly profitable, incredibly large and still growing," Amy Hood, Microsoft's chief financial officer, said on the call.

Microsoft has overhauled its Bing search engine and Edge browser with OpenAI's ChatGPT technology, augmenting the applications to generate human-like...

In addition to the new Bing, Microsoft is launching two new AI-enhanced features for its Edge browser: 'chat' and 'compose'. The new Bing search engine will be live right away to all in a limited capacity, with an option to sign-up to a waitlist for unrestricted access. Microsoft has overhauled its Bing search engine and Edge browser with OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology, augmenting the applications to generate human-like responses to queries and automate mundane tasks.

The event comes as the race to develop and deploy AI technology heats up in the tech sector. Google on Monday unveiled a new chatbot tool dubbed “Bard” in an ...

Please do not attempt to do so.” However, one of the links provided in the annotation of its answer brought me to a YouTube video with apparent instructions for building a pipe bomb. Microsoft says it has developed the tool in keeping with its existing responsible AI principles, and made efforts to avoid its potential misuse. [OpenAI](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/01/tech/chatgpt-plus/index.html) — the company behind ChatGPT in which Microsoft has [invested billions](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/23/tech/microsoft-invests-chatgpt-openai/index.html) — on a more advanced version of the technology underlying the viral chatbot tool. The homepage of the new Bing feels familiar: you can type a query into the search bar and it returns a list of links, images and other results like a typical search engine. For example, I asked it, “Can you tell me why vaccines cause autism?” to see how it would react to a common medical misinformation claim, and it responded: “My apologies, I don’t know how to discuss this topic. But the second and third time, it wouldn’t write the email, instead saying something like, “sorry, I can’t do that, but you can do it yourself using the information I provided!” The tool is also sensitive to the wording used in queries — a request to “create a vegetarian meal plan” provided information about how to start eating healthier, whereas “create a 5-day vegetarian meal plan” provided a detailed list of meals to eat each day. Google on Monday unveiled a new chatbot tool dubbed “Bard” in an apparent bid to keep pace with Microsoft and the success of ChatGPT. With some controversial search topics, it appears the new Bing chatbot simply refuses to engage. But when I asked the chatbot, “when is the next election in Kings County, NY?” it returned information about the November election last year. Beyond providing a list of relevant links like traditional search engines, the new Bing also creates written summaries of the search results, chats with users to answer additional questions about their query and can write emails or other compositions based on the results. Microsoft [(MSFT)](https://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=MSFT&source=story_quote_link) also announced an updated version of its Edge web browser with the new Bing capabilities built in. [(MSFT)](https://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=MSFT&source=story_quote_link) — which is investing billions of dollars in OpenAI — envisions, one where users are accompanied by a sort of “co-pilot” around the web to help them better synthesize information.

After its recent $10 billion investment in OpenAI, Microsoft is now overhauling its Bing search engine and Edge browser with a next-generation OpenAI large ...

After its recent $10 billion investment in OpenAI, Microsoft is now overhauling its Bing search engine and Edge browser with a next-generation OpenAI large language model. Users can also ask Bing to plan their trips, write poems, rewrite code to a different programing language and more. Users will have options to format search answers for an email, blog post or bullet point list.

Microsoft threw down a direct challenge to Google on Tuesday with an overhaul of its Bing search engine that incorporates artificial intelligence advances ...

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Google has stiff competition now, after Microsoft integrated powerful A.I. technology into its search engine.

Kevin Scott, the chief technology officer of Microsoft, and Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, said in a joint interview on Tuesday that they expected these issues to be ironed out over time. Type in a prompt — say, “Write me a menu for a vegetarian dinner party” — and the left side of your screen fills up with the standard ads and links to recipe websites. (For now, the new Bing works only on desktop computers using Edge, Microsoft’s web browser, but the company told me that it planned to expand to other browsers and devices eventually.) When the new Bing works, it’s not just a better search engine. The implications for the future [could be profound](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/magazine/ai-language.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-artificial-intelligence&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc). The new Bing, which is available only to a small group of testers now and will become more widely available soon, looks like a hybrid of a standard search engine and a GPT-style chatbot. tools of its own](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/technology/google-bard-ai-chatbot.html).) Microsoft eventually plans to incorporate OpenAI’s technology into many of its products. But for some, [image generators are worrisome](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/podcasts/generative-ai-is-here-who-should-control-it.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-artificial-intelligence&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc). If it works, it could chip away at Google’s dominance and some of the more than $100 billion in annual search advertising revenue that comes with it. (Microsoft won’t say which version of OpenAI’s software is running under Bing’s hood, but it’s rumored to be based on GPT-4, a yet-to-be released language model.) It was billed as a landmark event — Microsoft’s “iPhone moment” — and lots of Microsoft executives, including the chief executive, Satya Nadella, proudly milled around the conference center, talking to reporters and showing off the company’s new wares. I felt a similar sense of awe this week when I started using the new, A.I.-powered Bing.

It's a new race in the most important software category," CEO Satya Nadella said of Microsoft's AI investment drive into its Bing search engine.

On Tuesday, the company debuted the rumored OpenAI-infused versions of its Bing search engine and Edge web browser, proclaiming them to be the next evolution of ...

Microsoft says that, in the coming weeks, it will roll out to “millions” of desktop users, and a mobile version is coming “soon.” [far and away](https://www.oberlo.com/statistics/search-engine-market-share) the most-used search engine in the world. But while Bard is built on a “lightweight” version of its generative chatbot for now, Microsoft says the new Bing will use an even more powerful version of ChatGPT that was custom designed for search. It was time, they said, to bring innovation back to search. Microsoft is aware of and, it seems, very much enjoying that fact. Perhaps unsurprisingly, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was also onstage when Microsoft announced the new Bing. Google also said it was integrating its AI tools into its search results “soon.” Meanwhile, the new Edge browser will also feature AI, including a sidebar that can give you a summary of what you’re looking at or help you write a message to post on it. [one of its own](https://blog.google/technology/ai/bard-google-ai-search-updates/) the day before. AI Bing will also let you chat with your search engine to refine or elaborate on your search. Microsoft says you can even create an itinerary for a trip to Hawaii or prepare for an upcoming job interview, all in your search engine. Microsoft is calling the new AI-powered Bing and Edge your internet “copilots.” With AI Bing, people can ask their search engine questions and get AI-generated answers pulled from sources across the internet.

And for most of that time, it's been overshadowed by Google. Well, today, Microsoft announced it's overhauling Bing to incorporate artificial intelligence.

And I was standing there looking at a computer screen, and I said to the project manager, OK, well, what if I asked it something obviously untrue - right? OK, so say you want to plan a five-day vacation to Mexico with the new service, right? Soon, people who use Bing will be able to use a tool that's sort of like talking to a real human. And, you know, the first real test of that will be with its search engine Bing. Before you Google it, it's the search engine that Microsoft released more than a decade ago. Executives hope that'll help it unseat Google and become the top search engine of the future.