Microsoft announces new ChatGPT-powered Bing engine and Edge browser

What simply occurred? As anticipated, Microsoft has introduced a brand new iteration of its Bing search engine powered by a model of the identical AI behind ChatGPT. Throughout an occasion at its Redmond, Washington, headquarters, the agency additionally mentioned it’s updating the Edge browser with new AI capabilities and a brand new look.

Bing has been round for 13 years now, but it nonetheless holds a lowly 3% share of the browser market whereas Google sits at about 93%, however Microsoft believes integrating OpenAI’s GPT-4 mannequin into its search engine will assist shut that huge hole. “It is a new day in search,” mentioned CEO Satya Nadella.

The brand new Bing is available to try now in a restricted model on desktop—you possibly can be a part of a waitlist for the total factor. The search engine reveals leads to their conventional kind alongside an AI-powered sidebar containing extra complete solutions. Customers may ask the chatbot questions instantly, very like ChatGPT.

Microsoft says the brand new Bing gives extra related outcomes, can summarize them from a number of sources, and is ready to refine solutions. It is also in a position to create a trip itinerary, put together customers for job interviews, retrieve information about current occasions, and way more.

Another examples of what the brand new Bing can do embody discovering detailed directions for the way to substitute eggs for an additional ingredient in a cake you might be baking proper at that second, with out scrolling by a number of outcomes. Microsoft additionally demoed Bing creating an itinerary for every day of a five-day journey to Mexico Metropolis.

The up to date Edge browser, in the meantime, comes with new Chat and Compose options. The previous lets customers summarize net pages and ask questions on their contents, whereas the latter helps generate the likes of emails and social media posts.

Microsoft is utilizing an upgraded model of the GPT 3.5 language mannequin that powers OpenAI’s ChatGPT within the new Bing and Edge. The corporate says this “Prometheus” mannequin is extra highly effective than the well-known chatbot and is best in a position to reply search queries.

The chatbot revolution continues immediately when Google reveals extra particulars of its rival AI software, Bard, throughout its Dwell from Paris occasion, beginning at 8:30 am ET / 5:30 am PT. Chinese language search big Baidu can also be releasing its own ChatGPT-style service, known as Ernie, in March.