The Information reported on Tuesday that Microsoft is preparing to introduce a version of its search engine Bing that will make use of the AI behind ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI.
The Information cited two sources with firsthand knowledge of the plans and claimed that Microsoft could release the new feature by the end of March in an effort to compete with Alphabet-owned search engine Google.
In 2019, Microsoft invested $1 billion in the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup OpenAI. On Microsoft's Azure cloud computing service, the two had established a multi-year agreement to develop artificial intelligence supercomputing capabilities.
On Nov. 30, OpenAI made its ChatGPT chatbot available for free public testing. The chatbot is a software application that can react to a wide range of inquiries while emulating human speaking styles. It is designed to simulate human-like conversations based on user prompts.
ChatGPT makes use of the GPT-3.5 language technology, which is a big artificial intelligence model created by OpenAI and trained on massive amounts of text data from many sources.
The bot has a dialogue style that allows users to submit both simple and complex instructions that ChatGPT has been taught to follow and respond to in detail - the company claims it can even answer follow-up questions and admit when it made a mistake.
Most significantly, ChatGPT has demonstrated the ability to produce complex Python code and compose college-level essays in response to a prompt, raising concerns that such technology might eventually supplant human workers like journalists or programmers.
The program has some drawbacks, such as a knowledge base that runs out in 2021, a propensity to come up with incorrect responses, a tendency to repeat phrases frequently, and the fact that it claims it can't answer a question when given one version but can do so when given a slightly modified version.
Early in November, the company released its DALL-E 2 image generator AI engine for developers to integrate into their apps; businesses like Microsoft have already started doing so.
Designer, a website similar to Canva that makes designs for graphics, presentations, flyers, and other mediums, is being launched by Microsoft. Microsoft and OpenAI announced in October that DALL-E 2 would be integrated into the application, allowing users to create unique graphics.
Microsoft is also integrating DALL-E 2 with Image Creator into Bing and Microsoft Edge, offering users the opportunity to create their own images if online searches do not generate what they are looking for.
