Bing might be back. Microsoft yesterday announced its partnership with OpenAI to improve Bing with its AI technology. However, Microsoft also had a surprise up its sleeve: the next version of Bing will adopt a new, next-gen language model that the company claims is “much more powerful” than ChatGPT and specifically designed to excel at search.
During his event, Yusuf Mehdi, the company’s consumer chief marketing officer, demonstrated the new Bing and asked it to compare the most influential Mexican artists and their most iconic paintings. Bing displayed his response in a new side panel with annotations and web links. Later, Mehdi asked the search engine to compare three pet vacuum cleaners, listing the pros and cons of each model.
With the chat feature, you can ask Bing to create a five-day itinerary for you, including links to where to stay, flights, and activities. The new Bing is already available as a preview. You can visit Bing.com — which I haven’t done since 2009 — to try out a few sample queries and sign up for the waitlist when it gets serious.
– Mat Smith
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It’s the third best-selling console of all time.
The Switch has leapfrogged both the Game Boy and the PlayStation 4 and is the third best-selling console of all time. The console had sold 122.55 million units by the end of 2022, Nintendo announced in its earnings report, trailing only the DS and PlayStation 2 in lifetime sales. Nintendo said last year the transition to its next console was “a key focus”. It could soon become more urgent.
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Microsoft’s new Bing and Edge at your fingertips
It’s like ChatGPT built right into your browser.
Through a partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Microsoft is adding more advanced AI conversation models to enable updates to Bing and its Edge web browser. The company’s keynote speech moved at a breakneck pace, but thankfully, Engadget’s Cherlynn Low got to test things out right after.
The new Edge gives you access to Bing’s new chat feature in your browser via a button at the top right. But it goes beyond answering your questions without having to leave the pages you visit. Edge can help understand the websites you’re viewing and make research or multitasking much easier. You can use a new compose feature to create posts, emails, and apparently even essays, and while the results are pretty similar to ChatGPT, they could be incredibly handy.
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OnePlus 11 review
A back-to-basics flagship phone.
The OnePlus 11 has everything we’ve loved about OnePlus in the past: a powerful processor, a vibrant screen, and a return at a competitive price point. The headline feature remains the fast charging technology cranked up to 100 watts. The cameras have been improved, although not quite the best in smartphone shooters. But at this price point ($699), it’s hard to complain.
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By default, Google will blur explicit images in search
It’s one of several upcoming features the company announced on Safer Internet Day.
Yesterday was Safer Internet Day, and Google says it’s working to redact explicit images in search results by default for all users, even if they don’t have SafeSearch enabled. SafeSearch filtering is already the default setting for registered users under the age of 18. It includes both nudity and violent content.
Elsewhere, Google adds another layer of protection to the built-in password manager in Chrome and Android. The company says if you have a supported computer, you have the option to require biometric authentication before entering a saved password on a form. You can also use the same feature to “securely reveal, copy, or edit” passwords you’ve saved in the password manager without having to enter your master password first.
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