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Bing Chat not yet available on Chrome or Safari browsers

Despite reports, not all Google Chrome and Safari users can access Microsoft Bing AI Chat. But it should be coming any day now. After weeks of testing, Bing Chat is coming soon to Chrome and Safari browsers – leaving behind the requirement to install Edge, Microsoft’s browser, to use Bing Chat. What we know. In the coming days, we expect Bing Chat to soon work on Chrome, Safari and other non-Edge browsers. Right now, most people who go to Bing and click on Chat will see a message that says you need to…

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Visual Search now live in Bing Chat

You can now upload photos to Bing Chat and ask the AI search engine a question based on that images. Bing Chat now supports visual search, which means you can now upload a photo or take a picture and have Bing Chat respond with answers around those visuals. “Visual Search in Bing Chat is rolling out now on desktop and mobile,” Microsoft Bing posted on its blog. What it looks like. Here is a video of it in action on the mobile interface of Bing Chat: Here is how it works on…

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Yahoo Extends Microsoft Search Deal & Revenue Guarantees

Yahoo is giving Microsoft a further chance to prove that its search ads really can make Yahoo as much money as promised — at a price. Microsoft has agreed to extend “search revenue guarantees” that it has continually paid since the two companies signed a deal in 2009. Yahoo Declares An Extension Reuters spotted the […] Yahoo is giving Microsoft a further chance to prove that its search ads really can make Yahoo as much money as promised — at a price. Microsoft has agreed to extend “search revenue guarantees”…

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Apple Makes Bing The “Default Search Engine” For Siri

One of the things that you might have missed if you weren’t paying really close attention to the live blogs of the Apple WWDC keynote is that when iOS 7 comes out Siri will be able to directly search Twitter, Wikipedia — and Bing. From a search perspective that’s potentially huge news. I’m speculating that […] One of the things that you might have missed if you weren’t paying really close attention to the live blogs of the Apple WWDC keynote is that when iOS 7 comes out Siri will…

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Bing Launches News, Sports, Weather & Finance Apps For Windows Phone 8

After releasing a number of new updates for the Windows Phone 8 yesterday, Bing announced today it has launched News, Sports, Weather and Finance apps for the phone as well. Originally released for Windows 8 last October, the mobile versions offer a new collection of apps for Windows Phone 8 users. Bing News App Bing […] After releasing a number of new updates for the Windows Phone 8 yesterday, Bing announced today it has launched News, Sports, Weather and Finance apps for the phone as well. Originally released for Windows 8 last October, the…

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Microsoft Bing updates search results interface to make it more visually immersive

Microsoft Bing updates recipe results, similar looking items, expandable carousels, infographic panels and local answers design. Microsoft announced several updates to Microsoft Bing Search that make the search experience more “visually immersive,” the company said. This update goes across many different search features including recipe results, image search’s similar looking items, expandable search result carousels, infographic knowledge panels and the local answers design. Let’s go through each update briefly below. Infographic-like search panel experience Microsoft launched these new knowledge panel designs that have very visually appealing. Microsoft said it’s goal…

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Bing Chat increases chat turns, adds visuals to travel queries and expands Bing Image Creator

Bing Chat now supports 30 chat turns in a single conversation. Microsoft Bing has released a number of improvements to Bing Chat this week, including more chat turns, more visuals and expanding Bing Image Creator. More chat turns. Bing Chat now supports 30 chat turns per conversation, which is up from 20 chat turns per conversation. Plus, you are now allowed 300 total chat turns per day. Bing explained, “This increase also applies to any conversations in your chat history.” So you are allowed to return to conversations where you may…

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Bing to be default search engine on Open AI’s ChatGPT

ChatGPT Plus subscribers will have access to Bing Search today and it will expand to more users in the future. Bing Search is the default search engine on Open AI’s popular ChatGPT service, Microsoft announced today. Microsoft said that Bing is now the default search experience on ChatGPT. Who will see it. First ChatGPT Plus subscribers will begin to see Bing Search as an option starting today. Then free users of ChatGPT will “soon” be able to use it by enabling a plugin. What it does. This will give ChatGPT more up-to-date information and…

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Bing Chat gains image answers with knowledge cards and optimized answers

These optimized answers go across shopping, weather, finance, jobs, autos, and recipes. Microsoft announced a number of new features that have been added to Bing Chat this week, including images within answers, optimized knowledge answers and more. “Some of these features may appear temporarily in your Bing chat experience as we experiment with them,” the Bing team wrote. Let’s dig in. Image answers with knowledge cards. Bing Chat has been getting more visual but now, some of those visuals can let you trigger knowledge cards. “Click on the image to launch a knowledge card…

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Bing Chat available to more users, gains more visual answers, chat history and third-party developer capabilities

Over half a billion chats were conducted on Bing Chat since it launched, 3-months ago. Microsoft is now rolling out its new Bing Chat to all users who download Microsoft Edge, there is no more waitlist. Over half a billion chats were conducted on Bing Chat since it launched 3-months ago, Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President, said. What is new There are four main points of what is new with Bing Chat: Removal of the waitlist for Bing Chat by going from a “Limited Preview” to an “Open Preview” Gaining more visual…

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