Microsoft just announced that it will hold a press event on February 7th where it will unveil a new version of its Bing search engine, powered by ChatGPT AI technology.
Although the company did not give any details other than that the CEO (Satya Nadella) intends to announce "some exciting projects", it is almost certain that the company intends to launch the first version of the leaked search engine in a few days. since. For a short time it appeared in front of some users. This is an unexpected release.
Rumors that Microsoft intends to add ChatGPT functionality to its search engine have been circulating for some time, especially after the company invested up to $10 billion in ChatGPT developer OpenAI.
According to the leak, the new version of the Bing engine will be able to communicate with users and provide short and direct answers to questions asked, with support for source answers, which ChatGPT does not currently provide.
With this step, Microsoft wants to strengthen its position in the search engine market and compete with Google, which currently controls more than 48% of the market, according to market research firm Statista.
However, Google, in turn, has no plans to make its search engine without similar smart features, as it announced today in connection with what Microsoft announced at its press conference about its competing program called ChatGPT (Bard), which will be available as a separate chat program, in addition to To integration with Google search pages, to provide short answers to user questions in addition to traditional Google search results.
Collaboration between Microsoft and OpenAI will not be limited to research, as the company intends to integrate GPT 3.5 functionality (the model that supports ChatGPT) into its wide range of services, and it did so a few days ago when it announced it would intelligently integrate Microsoft Teams app features, including conference summaries. Automatic video, among others.
It is reported that Google previously announced that it will hold a press conference on February 8 to present its latest achievements in the field of artificial intelligence, and in addition to the new smart robot Bard, Google will also reveal other details. Smart features in other applications.