Microsoft on Tuesday announced a new version of its Bing search engine powered by a next-generation OpenAI language model more powerful than ChatGPT and specially trained for web search.

“AI will fundamentally change every category of software, starting with the biggest category of them all – search,” Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said today at a press event. in Redmond.

“Today, we’re launching Bing and Edge powered by co-pilot and AI chat, to help people get the most out of search and the web.”

You can request access to the new AI-powered Bing web search engine by clicking “Join the Waitlist” on this page.

Once you reach the top of the list and are accepted, you will receive an email notification that you can now access the new Bing by going to Bing.com.

You can then start using it via the standard search box. The new Bing engine will also be available through the chat experience, which sits at the top of the search UI.

“Bing searches the web for relevant content, then summarizes what it finds to generate a useful response. It also cites its sources, so you can see links to web content it references,” Microsoft explains.

However, the company warns that “Bing sometimes misrepresents the information it finds, and you may see answers that seem convincing but are incomplete, inaccurate, or inappropriate. Use your own judgment and double-check the facts before making decisions or d to act on Bing’s answers.”

The new Edge browser offers users two new features named “chat” and “compose” available in the sidebar which will allow them to summarize the content of the currently loaded page or generate content based on a prompt respectively.

This feature is currently only available in the Microsoft Edge Developer Channel and can be accessed by clicking the Bing logo above the sidebar. However, this requires being part of the preview, which is slowly adding new users.

Microsoft says users can “get a head start” by downloading the “Microsoft Defaults” program, which sets Edge and Bing as the default browser and search engine, and installing the Microsoft Bing app.

In BleepingComputer’s tests, this didn’t give us immediate access to Bing’s AI chat function, but would have put us back on the waitlist.

For those who can’t access the preview yet, Microsoft has shared the following chat queries that you can test out today to see how the new AI-powered search engine works:

For example, if you ask Bing to suggest a 3-course menu, it will generate a menu using recipes from the search index. When generating the AI-chat response, each source item will be linked to the original source.

Microsoft is also using the AI ​​model with leading search ranking engine Bing, which the company says has led to “the biggest increase in relevance in two decades,” making searches more relevant and accurate.

New Bing The search engine is available today in a limited preview for desktop users. To test the new Edge web browser with Bing co-driver integration, download and install the Developer version from here.