(CNN) Microsoft is rolling out a new AI-powered version of its Bing search engine to everyone who wants to use it.
About three months after the company debuted a limited preview version of the new Bing powered by the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT, Microsoft announced that all users without a waitlist would be able to Publish Bing to . edge browser.
The move highlights Microsoft’s commitment to moving the product forward, even as the AI technology behind the product raises concerns. Around imprecision and tone. In some cases, people who were lured in by the new Bing reacted emotionally and reacted aggressively.
“We are improving our speed and accuracy…but we are in a never-ending quest to make things better,” says Yusuf Mehdi. Microsoft’s vice president overseeing the AI initiative told CNN Wednesday.
Mehdi said Bing now has more than 100 million daily active users, a significant increase over the past few months. Google, which has long dominated the market, is also adding similar his AI capabilities to its search engine.
In February, Microsoft showed off how its revamped search engine summarizes search results, chats with users to answer additional questions about their queries, and creates emails and other constructs based on the results. bottom.
At a press conference in New York City on Wednesday, the company shared an early look at some of the updates. This includes the ability to ask questions with pictures, access chat history so the chatbot can remember your relationship with the user, and export responses to Microsoft Word.Users can also personalize the tone and style of the chatbot’s responses, choosing from longer, more creative responses to shorter ones. and to the point.
Waves of attention in recent months Developed by OpenAI, Microsoft helped restart an arms race among tech companies to deploy similar AI tools in their products. OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google are at the forefront of this trend, while IBM, Amazon, Baidu, and Tencent are also working on similar technologies. A long list of startups are also developing AI lighting assistants and image generators.
In addition to adding AI capabilities to search, Microsoft said it will bring ChatGPT technology to key productivity tools like Word, Excel, and Outlook, potentially changing the way we work. I’m here. But the decision to add generative AI capabilities to Bing can be especially risky given how much we rely on search engines for accurate and reliable information.
Microsoft’s move also comes amid heightened scrutiny over rapid advances in AI technology. In March, tech luminaries including Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak called on artificial intelligence labs to stop training the most powerful AI systems for at least six months. “A serious risk to society and society and humanity.”
Mehdi said he doesn’t think the AI industry is moving too fast, suggesting that calls for a pause are not particularly helpful.
“Some people think development should be on hiatus for six months, but I’m not sure if anything can be fixed, improved, or moved forward.” I understand you are coming.”
He added: “The only way to build this technology really well is to open up about it publicly so we can talk about it.”
