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Re: Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI

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Post by gigglesupstairs »

revskill wrote: post #33
paulpan wrote: post #28

Most interesting tidbits: 1 - Sam Altman onstage all but confirmed the underlying LLM model as GPT-4 as he kept saying "next gen" without providing a name 2 - Microsoft is all-in by making this front-and-center of Bing, as well as deep integration into Edge browser I'm most curious about how Microsoft is planning to pay for the infrastructure cost of serving the traffic.

Its goal is to kill Google + Chrome i think. Profit comes later ?

Exactly. That seems like the plan. They have huge cash to burn and for once, they seem to have an edge on Google in what has traditionally been google’s core business. Profits will follow along if they can divert the huge percentage of search engine and browser user-base to Bing and Edge.

Re: Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI

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Post by layer8 »

mustacheemperor wrote: post #37

The Edge integration announced today also looks very impressive. I chuckled at the thought that MS is probably about to make a daily Edge user out of me and a lot of other people, but of course Edge is Chrome under the hood now. So Google beat MS to browser market dominance, and now MS is using their browser as a platform to go after Google's core business. Neat. I think this tech is going to be transformative for ev…

It won’t be limited to Edge. From the event:

Q: Will this be available in Chrome or other browsers?

Yusuf: Our intention is to bring it to all browsers. We're starting with Edge. Chrome has to implement some things to make it work, but our intention is all browsers.

Re: Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI

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Post by Klonoar »

How does Bing, at whatever point, overcome the odd issue of: "google it" is a verb in pretty much every culture I've traveled through. Bing isn't even in the conversation.

Changing the tech doesn't mean much on this one, but I'm curious what others think here.

Re: Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI

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Post by lb4r »

epups wrote: post #80

This is a potentially momentous occasion here. Microsoft is betting hard that they can mount a challenge to Google, and I think ChatGPT can credibly attempt that. The answer from Google so far is weak. The thought that Bing may actually overtake Google would be hilarious a few months ago, and now it looks... possible?

Consequently, this is probably the beginning of a very abrupt end for traditional search.

Re: Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI

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Post by jimrandomh »

dwohnitmok wrote: post #63
generalizations wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a force multiplier. It can be used for good or bad. I'd rather that we democratize access to these tools - IMO it's better than an alternative where only megacorps have access and do what they like behind closed doors.

What jimrandomh is talking about is not just whether megacorps use AI for good or bad, but what happens if an AI starts doing damage outside the control of anybody. That could happen regardless of democratization if advancement occurs too quickly without thinking about AI safety.

Exactly. To flesh out the details a bit, an example of how this could go is: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/kpPnReyBC54KESiSn/optimality... .

Re: Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI

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Post by pphysch »

spullara wrote: post #89
ycta20221203980 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like Edge and I want to like Bing but my problem is that the new tab page on Edge and the landing page on (current) Bing are so bad. They're full of random junk and articles I don't want to see. I'll switch to Bing full time if they just make the landing page clean.

Aside from telling you about the new GPT functionality I don't see anything else on the landing page at bing.com: https://i.imgur.com/2f1D53L.png

You appear to have gotten the new version. The old (GPT-less) one is a horribly noisy mess, with a high-contrast background image to boot.

Re: Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI

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Post by albatross13 »

qup wrote: post #36
p1esk wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've heard there are already 100M of ChatGPT users. The hype has been strong.

I heard yesterday that it had "grown to 200 million users in 2 months"

I heard today that it had grown "beyond 300 million users in 2.5 months".

Crazy!

Re: Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI

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Post by titaniumtown »

perfectstorm wrote: post #81
anthropodie wrote: post #47

Yesterday Google and now Microsoft both announcing their own chat bot integration and yet there is not a single link where I can try out either one of them. What is this new trend of announcing things as if it's available for general use and then hiding it behind invites or not making it available at all.

someone posted this above but you can join the waitlist here https://bing.com/new

it just 404s

Re: Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI

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Post by MonkeyMalarky »

unshavedyak wrote: post #104
epups wrote: post #80

This is a potentially momentous occasion here. Microsoft is betting hard that they can mount a challenge to Google, and I think ChatGPT can credibly attempt that. The answer from Google so far is weak. The thought that Bing may actually overtake Google would be hilarious a few months ago, and now it looks... possible?

Yea i've never thought of using Bing. In fact i generally hate my Windows experience and vastly prefer Linux. Yet when this goes live i'll be there, trying it out, seeing how ChatGPT can integrate into my searches, answer questions, etc. After all most Searches i execute are either direct questions or questions by proxy. I want to understand a specific function signature. I want to see the inputs, etc. This has been…

The best experience I've had so far is sort of asking for what I should be searching for. For example, starting a project in a new and unfamiliar domain. I tried searching for what I wanted and kept getting drowned in similar but unrelated responses. I explained what my problem was to ChatGPT and asked what the industry names and terms were. Using the response, my searches were instantly relevant.
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