Microsoft is reportedly planning to update its Bing search engine. According to Reuters, Microsoft is collaborating closely with AI (artificial intelligence) research firm OpenAI to integrate its ChatGPT technology into Bing, allowing users to find answers to complex queries in plain, jargon-free English.
ChatGPT, which was released for public testing in 2022, has created quite a stir among fans and enthusiasts for providing a human-like response to almost all queries. The AI-powered chatbot can even solve math problems and code reviews.
The new report highlights that Microsoft might launch the updated Bing before the end of March.
OpenAI is also supported by Microsoft, which provided $1 billion in funding to the AI research firm in 2019. Both companies had entered into a multi-year collaboration to develop artificial intelligence supercomputing technologies for Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service. Notably, Microsoft incorporated OpenAI’s Dall-E technology into
Bing last year to allow users to create images based on simple text inputs. Dall-E, for example, is capable of creating a caricature of a “cat on the moon wearing a red hat” without plagiarising. OpenAI’s Dall-E, like ChatGPT, is powered by AI.
Once the incorporation between Microsoft Bing and ChatGPT is over, the former will be able to answer users’ questions in seconds in plain English. Before that, OpenAI will need to fix ChatGPT’s current limitations. For instance, ChatGPT’s knowledge is limited to world events before 2021. It also offers inaccurate answers on frequent occasions.
Microsoft Bing can provide answers based on data from Wikipedia and other public encyclopaedias.