Microsoft joins AI race, unveils ChatGPT powered Bing

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Microsoft hopes to revolutionise the online looking and information-searching expertise with the discharge of a brand new model of its search engine Bing, powered by the identical AI expertise that’s behind ChatGPT.

The Prometheus Model AI expertise, as Microsoft calls it, will kickstart the AI race, in response to CEO Satya Nadella.

“It’s a new day in search. The race starts today, and we’re going to move and move fast,” he stated. “Most importantly, we want to have a lot of fun innovating again in search, because it’s high time.”

The new Bing is a results of Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, the creator of the language mannequin GPT 3.5, which powers the favored chatbot ChatGPT.

At an occasion asserting the product, Nadella declared, “It’s a new day in search.” He emphasised the corporate’s perception that the paradigm for net search hasn’t modified in many years, however AI expertise can ship data in a extra fluid and fast method than conventional strategies.

The new Bing gives a glimpse of what the way forward for data retrieval may seem like, with AI annotations showing alongside conventional search outcomes and the flexibility to converse straight with the Bing chatbot in a chat interface much like ChatGPT.

The upgraded Prometheus Model AI expertise, which is extra highly effective than GPT 3.5, is ready to retrieve and supply up-to-date data for numerous forms of searches, resembling recipes, journey suggestions, and purchasing for furnishings. During demos, the Bing chatbot was even capable of reply questions concerning the launch of the brand new Bing and supply a tough itinerary for a five-day journey to Mexico City, accompanied by hyperlinks to sources for extra data.

In addition to the brand new Bing, Microsoft has additionally launched two new AI-enhanced options for its Edge browser, “chat” and “compose.” The “chat” function permits customers to summarise the webpage they’re viewing and ask questions on its contents, whereas the “compose” function acts as a writing assistant, serving to generate textual content based mostly on a number of beginning prompts.

The launch of the brand new Bing has sparked competitors with rival tech big Google, who just lately launched its personal ChatGPT named Bard.