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

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

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Post by lb4r »

pphysch wrote: post #147
lb4r wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

It's going to eat up a lot of Wikipedia, StackOverflow, Quora, etc. traffic but it doesn't change the reality that often you need a real link to somewhere else on the Internet. And all of that is still going through Google or Bing.

There will still be links, but I'm guessing it will be GPT saying: "Here's a link on the topic: ..." And if you still need more links, there will of course be a way to access the old search, but it won't be front and center.

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

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Post by generalizations »

outcoldman wrote: post #15
generalizations wrote: post #11

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I'm going to have to set up a windows VM again - this could definitely pull a lot of technical folks back to Windows.

Edge is available on macOS, Linux, iOS and Android.

Unless they use this as a way to pull people back into the Microsoft ecosystem.

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

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Post by mwaitjmp »

pphysch wrote: post #147
lb4r wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

It's going to eat up a lot of Wikipedia, StackOverflow, Quora, etc. traffic but it doesn't change the reality that often you need a real link to somewhere else on the Internet. And all of that is still going through Google or Bing.

From what I’ve seen chatgpt is able to generate a list of links for a topic you are discussing. They seemed very relevant to me when I tried this.

Obviously it won’t have anything post 2021 but for some subjects it’s fine.

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

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Post by oauea »

yodon wrote: post #55
rejectfinite wrote: post #30

bing.com/new is supposed to work from their slides, but may not be live yet.

Is anyone having success with the https://bing.com/new link? I'm not seeing it, but I'm not sure if that's because I'm on a Mac (via both Chrome and the OSX version of Edge)

Not me. I've tried on Chrome/Firefox on Linux and Edge/Chrome/Firefox on Windows. Both logged in and out. From EU.

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

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Post by layer8 »

enervation wrote: post #92
perfectstorm wrote: post #81

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

This just sends me to https://www.bing.com/?form=REDIRERR

It’s US-only currently. You can use a VPN.

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

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Post by jvolkman »

arcticfox wrote: post #91
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.

The silliest part is that little OpenAI launched a public service and Google / Microsoft (!) can't launch something publicly available. If they were worried about getting a bad start with the general public or scaling concerns they could have easily put it somewhere that only enthusiasts (e.g. HN) would find it. But no, instead...announcement and nothing usable. Call me back when I can try this, Bing.

I haven't been able to use ChatGPT all morning. Just says it's at capacity.

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

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Post by IncRnd »

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?

As a business reality, this is more likely to affect Bing's advertising platform, as it will be able to charge differently for more targeted content that gets placed vertically through chatgpt.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

ycta20221203980 wrote: post #62
partiallypro wrote: post #40

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Edge is genuinely very very good. It does have some dev tool problems that I've run into, but for browser it's top notch.

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.

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

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Post by low_tech_punk »

Did anyone try the "Fast Access" sign up? I did all the tasks on the list and the page remained the same. I think it's a scam to get more user sign-ups for Bing. At the minimum, the page should indicate your updated status on whether or not you are on the "faster" track.

https://www.bing.com/new/fastaccess?form=MY0291&OCID=MY0291

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