The new Microsoft Bing search engine and Edge browser include an AI that’s faster and more advanced than OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and you can preview it right now.
Microsoft has added AI to its Edge browser and Bing search engine, and it’s powered by the same advanced technology that OpenAI used to create ChatGPT. It’s also available in mobile apps enabling AI interaction by voice. You can sign up to join the Bing Chat waitlist now, and in this guide, we’ll show you how.
There are some preview prompts available now, and we’ll show you how to sign up, how you can get faster access, and how you can be among the first to try the ChatGPT-powered Edge.How to join the Bing Chat waitlist
To join the Bing Chat waitlist, select Join waitlist at bing.com/new. You’ll need to provide an email address, and Microsoft will let you know when you can access the new search engine. The first wave of Bing Chat invites is already out, so if you sign up now, you have a good chance of getting access soon.
You can still test out the new AI-powered search engine now, though. Head to Bing and click on the Chat tab on top. Scroll down to the next page, and you’ll see the Ask anything section. There are a few preset prompts here for you to try before you get access to the full version.
From there, you can click on any of the blue boxes to select a sample question or task. For example, if you choose Write a rhyming poem, the new Bing will preload the AI with a query to write a poem for a kid that likes dogs and the ocean.
From there, you can select from other samples that appear to the left and right, or go back to the blue boxes on the previous page and choose from that list. I clicked a Tweet prompt from the left side to get this tweet announcing a sibling’s graduation.
The sample suggestions change over time, so you can preview many different prompts and responses from the new Bing chat before it’s available to everyone. We had a chance to test out the new ChatGPT-powered Bing ourselves, and it works wonders given the right prompts.How long is the Bing Chat waitlist?
Rollouts are impossible to predict with any precision, and Microsoft didn’t even share a guess other than to say Bing chat will “scale the preview to millions in the coming weeks.” New invites are sent out every day, according to Microsoft. The preview is available in a limited form on desktop browsers now. Access is expanding and the new Bing is rolling out to smartphones now.
Faster access is possible, however, by selecting the big blue button labeled Access the new Bing faster.
