Microsoft's Bing Search Engine, Edge Browser Get New ChatGPT AI Features

Microsoft's Bing search engine and Edge browser are getting the artificial intelligence treatment. The AI technology that underpins OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT will be used to make both Bing and Edge smarter.

"It¡¯s a new day in search," announced Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at the product launch. Nadella highlighted how web search hasn't changed much in decades, adding how AI can deliver information quickly than traditional methods.

Today we previewed the new Bing and Edge powered by AI. @SatyaNadella shares why and how we¡¯re innovating in AI, starting with the largest software category ¨C search. pic.twitter.com/sN4zbHHa6X

¡ª Microsoft (@Microsoft) February 7, 2023

"The race starts today, and we¡¯re going to move and move fast," Nadella said. "Most importantly, we want to have a lot of fun innovating again in search, because it¡¯s high time."

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The new Bing search would work in different ways. One demo shows traditional search results alongside annotations by AI. In a different mode, users could directly talk to the Bing chatbot, akin to how ChatGPT works.

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In the demo, Microsoft showed what Bing would be able to do - finding recipes, travel tips, and even planning an itinerary for each day of a 5-day trip to Mexico City.

Also read: Google Unveils Conversational AI Service 'Bard' That Will Rival ChatGPT

ChatGPT is unable to accounts for news that happened after 2021, but the new Bing search can do that. These features are powered by an upgraded version of GPT 3.5, the language model that powers ChatGPT. Microsoft has dubbed this the "Prometheus Model" and claims that it's more powerful than GPT 3.5.

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The new Bing experience is available for some desktop users. Even then, users are only able to ask a series of preset queries that deliver the same results each time. To sign up for full access in the future, there's a waitlist.

Also read: Microsoft To Integrate Faster Version of ChatGPT Into Its Bing Search Engine

Microsoft is also adding AI features to its Edge browser in the form of "chat" and "compose" - both appearing within Edge's sidebar. The "Chat" feature summarises the page they're looking at while "compose" acts like a writing assistant.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Google competing with Bing¡¯s new AI. ¡°I hope with our innovation they will definitely want to come out and show that they can dance. I want people to know that we made them dance.¡± Fascinating interview with @reckless here: https://t.co/SkrGXgIbWP pic.twitter.com/RTVQBTgcnH

¡ª Tom Warren (@tomwarren) February 8, 2023

Meanwhile, Google also announced its own ChatGPT-like bot named Bard yesterday to imbibe within its own Search ecosystem.

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