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Microsoft unveil new GenAI search Bing with billion-user potential
OUR TAKEMicrosoft’s got a new trick up its sleeve with Bing generative search. It’s like Google’s AI Overview, but with a Microsoft twist. They’re aiming to spit out comprehensive summaries that’ll make your head spin. But, let’s be real, AI-generated info ain’t always spot on like Google’s AI Overv…
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OUR TAKEMicrosoft’s got a new trick up its sleeve with Bing generative search. It’s like Google’s AI Overview, but with a Microsoft twist. They’re aiming to spit out comprehensive summaries that’ll make your head spin. But, let’s be real, AI-generated info ain’t always spot on…
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OUR TAKE Microsoft’s got a new trick up its sleeve with Bing generative search. It’s like Google’s AI Overview, but with a Microsoft twist. They’re aiming to spit out comprehensive summaries that’ll make your head spin. But, let’s be real, AI-generated info ain’t always spot on like Google’s AI Overviews sometimes gave wacky advice. Microsoft’s got big plans, but they gotta tread carefully. After all, we don’t want spaghetti westerns mixed up with romantic comedies in our search results! Let’s see if Bing can avoid the AI pitfalls and deliver the goods. –Miurio huang, BTW reporter Microsoft has unveiled its new Bing generative search , a feature designed to rival Google’s AI-powered search experiences. Currently available to a limited number of users, Bing generative search utilises a combination of large and small generative AI models to aggregate information from across the web and produce comprehensive summaries in response to search queries.
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For instance, when a user searches for “What is a spaghetti western?”, Bing generative search will provide a detailed summary of the film subgenre’s history and origins, along with top examples, and will include links and sources for the gathered information. Similar to Google’s AI Overviews feature, Bing allows users to switch between AI-generated summaries and traditional search results on the same page. Microsoft expressed excitement about this new development, stating in an official blog post, “This is another important step in evolving the search experience on Bing and we’re eager to get feedback throughout this journey. We are slowly rolling this out and will take our time, garner feedback, test and learn, and work to create a great experience before making this more broadly available … We look forward to sharing more updates in the coming months.” The company emphasises that Bing generative search, which builds on the AI-generated chat answers launched on Bing in February 2023, aims to “fulfill the intent of the user’s query more effectively.” However, AI-generated search results have a history of errors, such as Google’s AI Overviews suggesting inappropriate actions or providing incorrect information. Also read: Microsoft cloud downtime halts flights in the U.S.
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- Microsoft has unveiled its new Bing generative search, a feature designed to rival Google’s AI-powered search experiences.
- Microsoft’s Bing generative search marks a major advancement in AI-powered search, positioning Microsoft as a strong contender against Google
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