Microsoft adds new Bing to Windows computers in effort to roll out AI

Microsoft Corp on Tuesday began including its lately upgraded Bing search engine to its Windows laptop software program, aiming to place synthetic intelligence (AI) on the fingertips of lots of of tens of millions of individuals.

The Windows 11 replace, Microsoft’s newest in a flurry of product revamps this month, reveals how the Redmond, Washington-based software program maker is marching forward on AI however latest scrutiny of its know-how.

Microsoft’s working system will embody the brand new Bing in desktop computer systems’ search field, which helps half a billion month-to-month customers navigate their recordsdata and the web, the corporate stated. The search engine itself continues to be in a preview mode, accessible to greater than 1 million individuals in 169 nations with a wait listing for others, Microsoft stated.

The firm unveiled its AI-powered chatbot for Bing because it goals to wrest market share from Alphabet Inc’s Google, shifting quicker with ChatGPT-like software program for search.

Microsoft has been gathering suggestions on the brand new Bing earlier than a wider rollout. The engine’s AI chatbot reportedly professed love or made threats to some testers, main the corporate to cap lengthy chats it stated “provoked” responses it didn’t intend.

In addition to the brand new Bing, Microsoft’s Windows replace will embody software program that may hook up with iPhone messages and calls beginning with a restricted set of customers, the corporate stated.

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