Microsoft has announced it will leverage the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT technology, incorporating it into a new version of its search engine Bing.
The move has been seen as a threat to Google, which currently has dominance in web search, and has also recently announced the development of its own AI-powered chatbot technology, Bard.
“AI will fundamentally change every software category, starting with the largest category of all – search,” said Satya Nadella, chairman and CEO at Microsoft. “Today, we’re launching Bing and Edge powered by AI co-pilot and chat, to help people get more from search and the web.”
"The race starts today," he added.
ChatGPT is a free app that generates text in response to a prompt, including articles, essays, jokes and even poetry. It has become spectacularly popular in the short time since its release in November, while simultaneously raising inevitable concerns about copyright and plagiarism.
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