What about AskJeeves tho?

What if you could see the future without ever leaving your computer? Well that’s sorta what happened last week to a small group of Microsoft Bing users, who all-of-a-sudden had access to Microsoft’s updated Bing search engine with OpenAI integration.

A couple minutes later, it was gone. But not before designer Owen Yin snagged some screenshots, providing us with a peek into how Bing will work with OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 integration. Here's the tea:

• The new Bing markets itself as a “research assistant, personal planner, and creative partner at your side,” much like if Alexa or Siri started taking ‘roids.
• Presented as a chat box, the service encourages you to use natural language when asking a question, like you were talking to a friend.
• For example, say you made too much oatmeal and wanted some recipes that asked for already-cooked oatmeal – BUT you have a chocolate and cinnamon allergy. Bing + ChatGPT will only provide answers that meet those criteria (and similar to a bibliography, the chatbot provides all of its sources at the bottom of the page).

🔎🤖 Zoom out: The AI chatbot wars are – to borrow a colloquial phrase – on like Donkey Kong. Google yesterday announced its own search AI chatbot named Bard, which will be rolled out for beta testing in the coming weeks.

+In the know: Microsoft is holding a special ChatGPT-focused event later today, and Google will host its own search- and- AI-focused event on Wednesday morning.