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

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Not if it's only looking at the top search results. Those are very often terrible sources of information.

Something like searchQuery+=“ reddit” should do the trick.

I’ve never understood this meme - Reddit only works for product reviews, and only if you ignore astroturfing.

Who goes to Reddit for factual information? It’s definitely not Wikipedia, it’s more like an op-ed.

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It reminds me of the Tiktok vs Youtube comparison. Ad revenue was way higher on long format content, but the success of Tiktok means that Youtube now has to pay more to creators, even if their margins are lower. AI as search is lower margin but Google will need to implement it just to stay relevant.

I'm not sure I understand. If long form content makes more money, how can TikTok afford to pay creators to attract them away from YouTube?

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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?

Highly unlikely since Google has been playing around with their own chatGPT called LaMDA that they are now making into a product called Bard. I think that Microsoft could have had a chance if they decided to do this before even introducing the world to chatGPT, everyone would have been talking about Bing, but now everyone knows chatGPT and everyone is gonna be talking about Google's Bard as an alternative to chatGPT…

> Highly unlikely since Google has been playing around with their own chatGPT called LaMDA that they are now making into a product called Bard

I don't know. Obviously, we'll have to wait and see but given Google's long history of questionable product management I think Microsoft stands a fair chance here.

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

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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?

I would have said the same thing if they announced a general ChatGPT search product. Instead, it uses ChatGPT only for a limited set of queries. There is still a scaling problem that neither company has solved yet.

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

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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?

Bing isn't going to overtake Google any time soon. So many devices, browsers, and people default to using Google. By the time Bing starts picking up steam, Google will have copied whatever features that were setting Bing apart.

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

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Get this, if you use Edge, with bing as search by default and join the waitlist, then another button appears "get access faster" or something, which then takes you to a page to make sure you've defaulted everything to Microsoft, and you've scanned a QR code to download a Bing mobile app. I can't be bothered _all_ of that. Mainly the addition of a new mobile app.

Microsoft is using this announcement to get people to install "Bing Wallpaper" and a mobile app. That doesn't inspire confidence.

Just waiting on Microsoft to tell me about hot singles in my area, and the trifecta will be complete

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

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It reminds me of the Tiktok vs Youtube comparison. Ad revenue was way higher on long format content, but the success of Tiktok means that Youtube now has to pay more to creators, even if their margins are lower. AI as search is lower margin but Google will need to implement it just to stay relevant.

I'm not sure I understand. If long form content makes more money, how can TikTok afford to pay creators to attract them away from YouTube?

They can’t/pay far less and most of its content is an alternate revenue stream/promotion vehicle for creators rather then many who’s YouTube is their primary?

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

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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?

Great timing, too, since google got a bit crappy.

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

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Edit: upon closer reading the workout one is impressive. I hadn’t noticed how specific the question was

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So Bing has some sample searches. Do these seem compelling to people here?

They generally took a while to output in chat. Meanwhile the answer was often staring right at me from the preview text of the search results.

I tried the one for cars. Top result has multiple suitable cars and it had pictures.

And I know the top results are generally unlikely to be nonsense otherwise the sites would have poor engagement and they don’t rank.

ChatGPT has….something. But it isn’t obvious to me search is what it has. The existing product is already very good and fast.

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