New Bing and Edge Browser Powered by Upgraded ChatGPT AI

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Microsoft, today has announced a new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI, and the preview is online now, but you'll need to join the wait list. [bing.com...]

Microsoft's Satya Nadella said,

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

The "new Bing" isn't the first service to experiment with AI-assisted search engines. Both Perplexity Ask and YouChat currently provide similar conversational AI offerings. And on Monday, Google lifted the veil on Bard, an AI-powered conversational bot that it says will power the future of its search experience, although it's not available in demo form yet. We expect to hear more about Bard and potentially other Google AI projects during an event scheduled for Wednesday.

[arstechnica.com...]

[phranque]

having "a lot of fun innovating again in search" sounds like something that might be important to microsoft's employees working on bing, but i'm not sure why it is important to users of bing products or MS shareholders.

[Sgt_Kickaxe]

'Join the wait list' is a funny way of saying you have to have an account.

I don't want an AI powered browser, I want to find websites with a browser. I'd use a chatbot if I wanted to talk to a machine.

Search clearly has a different vision for AI than what people actually want, IMO.

[tangor]

Hmmm.... could be search is looking for a better way to create sticky users who AREN'T geared to do proper searches in the first place.

"Thanks for your inquiry... this is what we found...
(stuff here)
"Is that what you were looking for? If not, I'd be
happy to search again. Just tell me what you want..."