Microsoft’s new ChatGPT-powered Bing experience will be available to everyone today as a “limited preview” on desktop. You have a limited number of searches you can use with it, but you’ll soon be able to sign up for full access.
If you visit Bing. com, shows some sample searches for you to try out. Clicking it takes you to a Bing search page with traditional results on the left and a chat window on the right with the AI-generated response. Searching for your own query will give you Bing’s traditional search results, despite the homepage using the new chat-style UI.
You can put yourself on the waiting list here, and Microsoft says you’ll get a higher priority if you sign in with your Microsoft account, set Microsoft’s default settings on your PC, and download the Bing app. According to a frequently asked questionyou will receive an email when you are through the waiting list and have access to the new chat experience.
The company expects to roll out access to millions of people in the coming weeks, as well as a mobile version of the experience. In a blog post about the rolloutsays Microsoft it is “excited to bring the new Bing and Edge into the real world to get the critical feedback needed to improve our models as we scale.”
The waitlist page lists some examples of what you can use the tool for, such as asking to create a six-person vegetarian three-course meal with a chocolate dessert or finding a four-wheel drive car with six seats and a sub – six seconds 0-60 time.
To enable Bing’s AI-powered features, Microsoft is partnering with OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot. However, Microsoft claims it uses a “next generation OpenAI language model” that is even “more powerful than ChatGPT”.
With the new Bing, users can enter queries of up to 1,000 words and receive annotated, AI-generated answers that appear alongside regular web search results. Microsoft is also adding a way to refine these results using a new built-in chatbot on Bing.
The company made the announcement as part of its surprise press event on Tuesday, where it also revealed news about an AI-powered “copilot for the web” that will appear on Microsoft Edge. The tool can perform various tasks while you use the browser, such as summarizing a PDF you’re viewing, generating code, and even creating a social media post.
