Microsoft’s AI chatbot has been making headlines because of its advanced capabilities and its memorable outbursts. Here’s everything you need to know.
What is Microsoft’s new Bing?
In early February, Microsoft unveiled a new Bing that’s standout feature is its integration with ChatGPT. The new Bing has a chat feature powered by a next-generation version of OpenAI’s large language model, making it „more powerful than ChatGPT,“ according to Microsoft.
With the new Bing you can ask the AI chatbot questions and get detailed, human-like responses with footnotes that link back to the original sources. The chatbot can also help you with creative needs such as writing a poem, story, song or more.
When was Microsoft’s new Bing announced?
On February 7, 2023, Microsoft announced the new Bing, which has been available to limited users since the launch date. This announcement came a day after Google announced their AI chatbot, Google Bard.
What language model does Microsoft’s new Bing use?
When Microsoft announced the Bing chatbot in February, it said that the chatbot would run on a next-generation OpenAI large language model customized specifically for search.
The next-gen large language model (LLM) powering the new Bing is faster, more accurate and „more capable,“ Microsoft said, than ChatGPT or GPT-3.5, the LLM behind ChatGPT. The biggest difference is that Bing’s AI chatbot has access to the internet, and ChatGPT does not.
Who has access to Microsoft’s new Bing?
Bing’s chatbot is currently in a limited preview mode while Microsoft tests it with the public, but there is a waitlist you can join for early access. Some tips to move off the waitlist quicker include installing Edge, making it the default browser, and making Bing the default search engine.
