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| 2023 || May 11 || || {{w|Microsoft}} introduces new features and enhancements to Bing Chat. The updates include the ability to save chats and resume them later, chat customization based on previous conversations, sharing chats on social platforms, improvements to the Image Builder tool, more visual answers with charts and tables, summarization of long content such as articles and web pages, and the integration of Edge actions to complete tasks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Microsoft adds support for saving chats, Edge actions, and other new features to Bing Chat - Gearrice |url=https://www.gearrice.com/update/microsoft-adds-support-for-saving-chats-edge-actions-and-other-new-features-to-bing-chat/ |website=gearrice.com |access-date=11 May 2023 |date=11 May 2023}}</ref> | | 2023 || May 11 || || {{w|Microsoft}} introduces new features and enhancements to Bing Chat. The updates include the ability to save chats and resume them later, chat customization based on previous conversations, sharing chats on social platforms, improvements to the Image Builder tool, more visual answers with charts and tables, summarization of long content such as articles and web pages, and the integration of Edge actions to complete tasks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Microsoft adds support for saving chats, Edge actions, and other new features to Bing Chat - Gearrice |url=https://www.gearrice.com/update/microsoft-adds-support-for-saving-chats-edge-actions-and-other-new-features-to-bing-chat/ |website=gearrice.com |access-date=11 May 2023 |date=11 May 2023}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2023 || May 23 || || Microsoft announces the introduction of Windows Copilot, an AI "copilot" aimed to be integrated into {{w|Windows 11}}. This AI assistant, powered by Microsoft's Bing Chat, has its own dedicated side panel and provides personalized answers, assists with actions within Windows, and interacts with open apps contextually. The Copilot leverages plugins available for Bing Chat to improve productivity, facilitates collaboration, and support complex projects. The Windows Copilot is reported to be available as a preview for Windows 11 starting in June. Additionally, Microsoft reportedly creates an "AI Hub" in the Microsoft Store, featuring AI-driven apps and experiences, including AI-generated review summaries compiled from application reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Windows AI Copilot integrates Bing Chat into every PC |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/windows-copilot-puts-bing-chat-in-every-pc/ |website=Digital Trends |access-date=24 May 2023 |language=en |date=23 May 2023}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:45, 23 May 2023
This is a timeline of Bing Chat, a chatbot developed by Microsoft, which uses a large language model to generate responses to user input.
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| Year | Month and date | Event type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | January 23 | Microsoft and OpenAI have announced the third phase of their partnership through a multiyear, multibillion dollar investment to accelerate AI breakthroughs and ensure these benefits are broadly shared with the world. Microsoft will increase its investments in the development and deployment of specialized supercomputing systems to accelerate OpenAI’s independent AI research. Additionally, Microsoft will deploy OpenAI’s models across its consumer and enterprise products and introduce new categories of digital experiences built on OpenAI’s technology. As OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider, Azure will power all OpenAI workloads across research, products, and API services.[1] | |
| 2023 | February 7 | Microsoft initiates the release of a significant revamp to Microsoft Bing, which involves introducing a novel chatbot functionality powered by OpenAI's GPT-4.[2] | |
| 2023 | March 16 | Microsoft's Chief Communications Officer, Frank X. Shaw, provides some starter prompts for communicators to use the new AI-powered Bing. Shaw highlights that Bing is in preview at the time and can assist in media interview prep, media coverage snapshots, social media post inspiration, and headline generation. Bing is capable of generating 10 interview questions in the voice of a specific person, provide quick snapshots of media coverage, brainstorming ideas for social media posts, and creating engaging headlines.[3] | |
| 2023 | April 1 | Microsoft makes several improvements to Bing Chat, including adding image and video search, increasing the maximum number of chat turns per session to 20 and per day to 200, and enhancing local search results. Users can now find locations and businesses near them more easily. Microsoft also addresses issues and gaps in Bing Chat within the Edge Sidebar, such as bringing context enhancements to summarize larger pages and documents, supporting Bing Image Creator in Creative mode, and improving the loading speed of the sidebar.[4] | |
| 2023 | April 6 | Microsoft introduces AI functionality to the beta version of the SwiftKey keyboard for Android through Bing Chat AI integration. Users can now access Bing Chat to generate text, engage in conversation, and use Microsoft's search engine directly from the keyboard. Additionally, the latest SwiftKey beta allows users to have sections of text rewritten by AI with different tones. The availability of these features for iOS users is not specified yet. The beta version of Microsoft SwiftKey can be downloaded from Google Play.[5] | |
| 2023 | April 10 | An article suggests using BingChat as a tool to evaluate investors like Berkshire Hathaway co-chairman Charlie Munger, and enhance investment research. BingChat can provide immediate answers to various questions and save research time. By asking questions like "Explain Company X in terms of a Mental Model," users can gain insights into different aspects of a company's operations and performance. Additionally, maintaining a checklist of mental models can help assess companies effectively. According to the article, using BingChat and incorporating mental models can provide a competitive advantage in evaluating companies.[6] | |
| 2023 | April 21 | Microsoft introduces several updates to Bing Chat, including the addition of LaTeX support for accurately displaying complex mathematical expressions. User feedback leads to improvements in reducing end-of-conversation triggers, ensuring conversations are not prematurely terminated. Bing Chat has also enhanced its news grounding, providing more informed answers to news-related queries. In addition to these updates, Microsoft has made bug fixes and technical improvements to improve the overall user experience.[7] | |
| 2023 | April 27 | An article compares Bing Chat with ChatGPT. It describes one notable difference between the two chatbots, which is the technology they use. ChatGPT is powered by the GPT-3.5 LLM (Large Language Model), while Bing Chat utilizes the newer GPT-4 LLM. Microsoft claims that GPT-4 is more accurate and capable, offering creative replies, longer memory of conversations, and the ability to process visual queries. While Bing Chat integrates GPT-4 for free, ChatGPT requires a paid upgrade to access this feature. Both chatbots have limitations. Bing Chat has a daily conversation limit due to past incidents of unexpected responses after prolonged interactions. ChatGPT, on the other hand, does not impose such limits but has an hourly query limit. Additionally, ChatGPT is limited to information available until 2021 and cannot access the internet for fact-checking, whereas Bing Chat can retrieve information online. The article concludes that Bing Chat excels in accuracy and concise responses, while ChatGPT offers deeper and more expressive writing.[8] | |
| 2023 | May 4 | Microsoft makes Bing GPT-4 chatbot available to everyone without the need for a waitlist. Users can access the preview version by signing in to Bing or Edge with their Microsoft account. The new version is powered by GPT-4 and includes smart features such as image and video results, persistent chat and history, and plug-in support. By this time, Microsoft is also reportedly working with OpenTable and WolframAlpha to enable their plug-ins for restaurant bookings and generating visualizations, respectively.[9] | |
| 2023 | May 6 | Competition | An article compares ChatGPT to Bing Chat, announcing a list of new features that are comparable to what ChatGPT offers to its paid subscribers. The author concludes that ChatGPT Plus is not worth the money and OpenAI needs to rethink its approach to charging for ChatGPT.[10] |
| 2023 | May 7 | Growth | Bing Chat reportedly experiences rapid growth, surpassing the capacity of its servers to handle the increasing demand. As a result, some users encounter slow and laggy experiences. Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of Microsoft Bing Search, acknowledges the issue on Twitter, apologizing for the latency and explaining that the company is struggling to add GPUs quickly enough to keep up with usage growth. At this time, the resource-intensive nature of AI solutions poses unique challenges that go beyond traditional web applications, even for a company like Microsoft with vast web management and cloud hosting capabilities.[11] |
| 2023 | May 10 | Competition | An article compares Open-source HuggingChat with Bing Chat and ChatGPT. It concludes that, at the time, HuggingChat falls short compared to ChatGPT and Bing Chat, with typos, limited data, and misunderstandings. HuggingChat's transparency remains its main advantage. The articleconcludes that ChatGPT is versatile but lacks real-time information, while Bing Chat is connected to the internet but has stricter restrictions.[12] |
| 2023 | May 11 | Microsoft introduces new features and enhancements to Bing Chat. The updates include the ability to save chats and resume them later, chat customization based on previous conversations, sharing chats on social platforms, improvements to the Image Builder tool, more visual answers with charts and tables, summarization of long content such as articles and web pages, and the integration of Edge actions to complete tasks.[13] | |
| 2023 | May 23 | Microsoft announces the introduction of Windows Copilot, an AI "copilot" aimed to be integrated into Windows 11. This AI assistant, powered by Microsoft's Bing Chat, has its own dedicated side panel and provides personalized answers, assists with actions within Windows, and interacts with open apps contextually. The Copilot leverages plugins available for Bing Chat to improve productivity, facilitates collaboration, and support complex projects. The Windows Copilot is reported to be available as a preview for Windows 11 starting in June. Additionally, Microsoft reportedly creates an "AI Hub" in the Microsoft Store, featuring AI-driven apps and experiences, including AI-generated review summaries compiled from application reviews.[14] |
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- ↑ "Microsoft and OpenAI extend partnership". The Official Microsoft Blog. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ↑ Peters, Jay (15 March 2023). "The Bing AI bot has been secretly running GPT-4". The Verge. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ↑ "Prompts for communicators using the new AI-powered Bing". The Official Microsoft Blog. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ↑ "Microsoft just fixed local searches in Bing Chat". windowscentral.com. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ "Microsoft adds Bing Chat AI to SwiftKey Beta for Android". BetaNews. 8 April 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ Huynh, Jason (11 April 2023). "How to Evaluate Companies Like Charlie Munger with BingChat". Medium. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ Southern, Matt G. (21 April 2023). "Bing Chat Introduces LaTeX Support & Improves News Grounding". Search Engine Journal. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ Dias, Tharindu (27 April 2023). "ChatGPT Vs Bing Chat: The Big Differences And Which Is Best". SlashGear. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ Warren, Tom (4 May 2023). "Microsoft's Bing Chat AI is now open to everyone, with plug-ins coming soon". The Verge. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ↑ "Why am I wasting $20 a month on ChatGPT Plus when Bing Chat is free?". windowscentral.com. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ↑ "Microsoft: Bing Chat Growing Faster Than Servers Can Handle". seroundtable.com. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ Luansing, Jose (10 May 2023). "HuggingChat vs. Bing Chat: Which Is the Better ChatGPT Alternative?". MUO. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ "Microsoft adds support for saving chats, Edge actions, and other new features to Bing Chat - Gearrice". gearrice.com. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ↑ "The Windows AI Copilot integrates Bing Chat into every PC". Digital Trends. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
