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Microsoft Places OpenAI on List of AI/Search Rivals
artificial intelligence // August 01, 2024

Microsoft and artificial intelligence (AI) startup OpenAI are often referred to as partners. Now, they’re also rivals. The tech giant has added OpenAI to its list of competitors, according to a Thursday (Aug. 1) report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing Microsoft’s fiscal 2024...

Microsoft Tries to One-Up OpenAI With GenAI-Powered Bing
artificial intelligence // July 25, 2024

In a move that could transform online shopping, Microsoft’s Bing fired back at Google this week with its own artificial intelligence (AI)-powered “generative search” feature. And it’s not the only one in development. Microsoft’s latest gambit involves testing a system that marries conventional search results with...

OpenAI Goes After Search With New GPT Features
artificial intelligence // July 25, 2024

OpenAI is testing a prototype of new artificial intelligence (AI) search features that may later be integrated into its chatbot, ChatGPT. Dubbed SearchGPT, the prototype is being launched to a small group of users and publishers. After receiving their feedback, OpenAI plans to integrate the best features...

Microsoft Bing Head to Step Down Amid AI Push
Personnel // March 26, 2024

The head of Microsoft’s Bing search engine and ad business is reportedly leaving that role. Mikhail Parakhin’s departure — the subject of a Monday (March 25) Bloomberg News report — comes a week after the tech giant appointed DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to head up...

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Microsoft Tries to One-Up OpenAI With GenAI-Powered Bing

July 25, 2024
In a move that could transform online shopping, Microsoft’s Bing fired back at Google this week with its own artificial intelligence (AI)-powered “generative search” feature. And it’s not the only one in development. Microsoft’s latest gambit involves testing a system that marries conventional search results with AI-powered language models. “This is another important step in evolving […]

AI vs. Search Engines: Why Chatbots Are Losing the Query Game

August 18, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) applications have the potential to revolutionize both higher-order tasks and daily touchpoints to a degree on par with the invention of the internet or the mass production...

DuckDuckGo Takes On Google Search

September 14, 2018
Think of online privacy as a race. With consumers increasingly focused on how their data and web personas are used by eCommerce and other digital organizations, regulators and lawmakers are...

Quick Reads
Meta Reportedly Takes on Google With AI-Powered Search

October 28, 2024
Meta is reportedly creating an artificial intelligence-powered search engine to lower dependence on Google. The tech giant’s web crawler would be able to offer conversational answers to queries about current events on Meta AI, Reuters reported Monday (Oct. 28), citing a paywalled article by The Information. Meta uses Google and Microsoft-owned Bing to provide answers […]

Microsoft Places OpenAI on List of AI/Search Rivals

August 01, 2024
Microsoft and artificial intelligence (AI) startup OpenAI are often referred to as partners. Now, they’re also rivals. The tech giant has added OpenAI to its list of competitors, according to...

OpenAI Goes After Search With New GPT Features

July 25, 2024
OpenAI is testing a prototype of new artificial intelligence (AI) search features that may later be integrated into its chatbot, ChatGPT. Dubbed SearchGPT, the prototype is being launched to a small group...

Microsoft Bing Head to Step Down Amid AI Push

March 26, 2024
The head of Microsoft’s Bing search engine and ad business is reportedly leaving that role. Mikhail Parakhin’s departure — the subject of a Monday (March 25) Bloomberg News report —...