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Skip to content Image: Jon Phillips/IDG Remember Tay? That’s what I immediately fixed upon when Microsoft’s new Bing started spouting racist terms in front of my fifth-grader. I have two sons, and both of them are familiar with ChatGPT, OpenAI’s AI-powered tool. When Bing launched its own AI-powered search engine and chatbot this week, my

Skip to content Image: Mark Hachman / IDG Bing’s new AI-powered chatbot is basically ChatGPT with ads…and one that refuses to do your homework for you. Well, sometimes. That’s not necessarily a derogatory criticism; the new Bing is pretty amazing. In your first few minutes with the new Bing chat interface, you’ll probably see even

Microsoft on Tuesday announced an enhanced Bing, detailing how it's using the AI tech behind ChatGPT to add in a slew of new capabilities to the longtime second-place search engine. There's a waiting list for the service now, and Microsoft says it will be available broadly in the coming months. There'll be no charge for

Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its Bing search engine that incorporates the language technology behind ChatGPT, an AI system for conversational and creative responses that marks the first big chance in years to get ahead of search king Google.Bing now is an "AI-powered co-pilot for the web," the tech giant said, delivering

Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard will likely harm gamers, the UK's competition watchdog said Wednesday. The merger is likely to increase Microsoft's power in cloud gaming, harming UK gamers who cannot afford expensive consoles, the UK's Competition Markets Authority (CMA) said in a statement. There is also a chance of the deal weakening the rivalry

Microsoft made a big splash yesterday with new ChatGPT-powered upgrades to its Bing search engine and Edge browser. Today, in what feels unlikely to be a coincidence, Google has its own event taking place. “Join us to learn how we’re opening up greater access to information for people everywhere, through Search, Maps and beyond,” Google’s

Owen Yin and a few other Bing users briefly happened upon a new version of the search engine powered by ChatGPT Credit: Owen Yin (@Owen_Yin)Remember...

Skip to content Image: Dominik Tomaszewski / Foundry Plunging hardware sales. A stone-cold PC market. A content creation renaissance. An AI-powered future. Throughout all of this, Microsoft’s Surface lineup has remained pretty much unchanged for years. Shouldn’t Microsoft be doing something about it? It likely is. But that still doesn’t excuse Microsoft leadership from recycling