Microsoft has revealed its plans to launch Bing AI Chat for third-party browsers on the web and mobile platforms soon, the company said on Monday.This move will allow users of browsers like Safari, Firefox, and Chrome to access Bing AI Chat. The company had already confirmed in late July that its Bing Chat feature was being tested in third-party browsers for selected users.“With so many new, useful features now a part of Bing, were excited to announce you can start experiencing the new AI-powered Bing in third-party browsers on web and mobile soon. This next step in the journey allows Bing to showcase the incredible value of summarized answers, image creation and more, to a broader array of people. Youll get most of the great benefits of Bing, and well continue to optimize along the way to meet your needs across different browsers,” a blog post on Microsofts website read.Microsoft aims to bring more desktop, mobile users by opening up Bing AI ChatThe announcement was part of the Microsoft Bing blogs celebration of six months of the launch of the ChatGPT-like generative AI tool. During this time, Bing Chat has facilitated over 1 billion chats and processed 750 million images through the Bing image generator, powered by DALL-E.With this move, Microsoft aims to attract more users for Bing AI Chat from both desktop and mobile platforms by eliminating the need for users to install a specific browser to access these AI services.As part of the six-month anniversary, the new AI-powered Bing Chat comes with several new features. One notable addition is an enhanced version of Bing Chat available exclusively on the Edge browser, offering support for longer conversations and chat history. Additionally, a dark mode has been introduced for Bing Chat and Bing Chat Enterprise on desktop and mobile, reducing power consumption and providing a more comfortable experience for users eyes, especially during nighttime.Another notable enhancement is the support for multimodal visual search in chats. This feature allows users to interact with the AI chatbot using images and ask related questions. For example, users can upload a picture of the Roman Colosseum and inquire for more details about it, or they can upload a picture of a fridge and ask for breakfast suggestions.The improvements extend to Bing AI for enterprises as well, with the AI engine now offering verifiable answers, citations, and enhanced commercial data protection for added privacy and intellectual property protection.Bing Chat AI, which Microsoft unveiled in February as an AI-powered co-pilot for the web, was made available to anyone with a Microsoft account in early May.Today we previewed the new Bing and Edge powered by AI. @SatyaNadella shares why and how were innovating in AI, starting with the largest software category – search. pic.twitter.com/sN4zbHHa6X— Microsoft (@Microsoft) February 7, 2023The tech giants collaboration with industry leader OpenAI has given it significant impetus in winning the AI race, leading to the deployment of artificial intelligence in various products such as the Edge web browser, Azure cloud services, and the Office suite.
