Microsoft Announces AI Powered Search

Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft said “Today, we’re launching Bing and Edge powered by AI copilot and chat, to help people get more from search and the web.” Microsoft estimate that there are about 10 billion search queries a day with about half of those going unanswered.

Microsoft's "AI copilot" aims to improve search results through more relevant answers (including in the familiar side bar) and by summarizing results so you don't have to search across multiple answers to find all the information you need. Bing will also offer a new interactive chat feature to allow searching using natural language. Similar to ChatGPT users can ask for help generating content, like a blog post, introduction email, or more information and detail on returned search results.

The Edge browser is also getting an overhaul, with AI capabilities embedded into the web brower's sidebar. This will allow users to ask AI about the page they are currently on, as well as ask for specific tasks in the sidebar while working in the main browser window. Anyone who has used the thesaurus or dictionary feature will likely enjoy this layout as well.