Google to overhaul its search experience with AI to cater to younger audiences
The overhaul to its core search engine will endeavor to provide more visual, personal, and "snackable" results. According to the Wall Street Journal, internal documents suggest that the shift will include the integration of generative artificial intelligence as Google faces increased competition fr... Read more
Samsung may swap Google Search for AI-powered Bing on its devices
Microsoft's Bing, the once-forgotten search engine, is causing a stir with a potential comeback that could leave Google feeling threatened. The New York Times reports that Samsung is considering replacing Google with Bing as the default search engine on its phones.
Though the Times acknowledged ... Read more
Microsoft Bing penetrated through misconfiguration in Azure Active Directory
Researchers from security specialist Wiz Research penetrated the backend of Microsoft Bing through a misconfiguration in Azure App Services and Azure Functions. This allowed them to manipulate search results and add malicious code.
The security specialists discovered the so-called BingBang vulne... Read more
Bing’s AI-powered chatbot can also generate images
Microsoft announced that it is adding image-generating capabilities to its Bing AI chatbot. Bing preview users can now generate images by typing "create an image," followed by a prompt.
The more detailed the prompt, the more specific and accurate the output will be, as with other AI-powered imag... Read more
Microsoft Bing has 100M daily users
Yusuf Mehdi, the corporate vice president of Microsoft's modern life, search, and devices group, announced the news in a blog post on Wednesday. This update comes after Microsoft released a new version of Bing with an AI chatbot developed in collaboration with OpenAI just last month.
The AI chat... Read more
Microsoft rolls out AI chatbot Bing to mobile devices and Skype
Microsoft now allows mobile users to use the intelligent chatbot Bing on their devices. The tool is now available for iOS and Android. The tech giant is also integrating Bing into its communications service Skype.
Microsoft has added the new AI functionality to the mobile version of its Edge bro... Read more
Microsoft responds to user feedback, increases limits on Bing
Microsoft has responded to feedback from users regarding the Bing chat feature, which was introduced to a limited set of preview testers.
The chat feature initially included limits of 5 chat turns per session and a total of 50 per day. Still, users quickly requested a return of longer chats to e... Read more
Microsoft increases Bing API prices by 1000%, problems for DuckDuckGo?
Microsoft has announced that the prices of its Bing APIs are going up sharply, in some cases by up to 1,000 percent.
Microsoft is busy giving its Bing search engine a second life. With an investment of more than 10 billion in OpenAI and the integration of these AI models into Bing, the search e... Read more
Microsoft adds limits to Bing chatbot, because it shows rude behaviour
User testing shows that longer chat sessions can cause unexpected results. You can provoke the chatbot in human like behaviour. It will give inappropriate human-like responses which are definitely not in line with the tone of voice Microsoft is looking for.
Microsoft is considering tweaks and ... Read more
Google CEO asks staff to spend hours ironing out Bard’s kinks
To stay ahead of its competitors in the AI space, Google has taken a proactive approach to ensure the quality and safety of its AI chatbot, Bard, before releasing it to the public.
The tech giant has reportedly asked thousands of its employees to spend two to four hours each day stress testing t... Read more