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Since the new ChatGPT-powered Bing landed last month, Microsoft has been steadily working its way through the waiting list for its new AI-powered search engine — but it seems most of us don’t have to wait any longer.
As noted by Windows Central (opens in new tab), it is now possible to skip the exhausting waiting list and fire off questions on the AI search engine, even though Microsoft has not officially removed the waiting list. We’ve also tried this successfully, but it seems to require a certain trick.
A Microsoft account that we previously added to the Bing waiting list is still waiting for access. But when we set up a new Microsoft account on the new Bing homepage (opens in new tab)we got started right away – so that seems to be the most reliable method for anyone still waiting to mess with a search engine running on OpenAI’s new GPT-4 model.
Multiple sites, including The Verge (opens in new tab) , have also reported successfully accessing Bing after previously being waitlisted. There are also instances of outliers where simply logging in to the Bing homepage didn’t work, suggesting this isn’t an official Microsoft rollout yet.
We’ve reached out to Microsoft for comment and will update this story when we hear back. It’s possible the tech giant will reveal more at its AI-themed “Reinventing Productivity” event this afternoon (opens in new tab)which starts at 8am PT / 3pm GMT (which equates to 2am AEDT).
But until then, it’s worth turning to the new Bing (opens in new tab) and log in to see if you have access now. If not, opening a new account should give you access to Microsoft’s ChatGPT-powered search engine, which has already attracted 100 million daily users.
Society of the Bing
Microsoft’s announcement that its new Bing search engine will run on OpenAI’s new GPT-4 language model has once again increased its prominence, especially since GPT-4 technology is currently only available on ChatGPT for paying subscribers.
Still, there are major differences between Bing and ChatGPT. Microsoft’s search engine is generally better at answering questions about recent events since, unlike ChatGPT, it is connected to the Internet. But Microsoft has also added guardrails around the new Bing, meaning ChatGPT could be better for creative brainstorming.
Both AI assistants have their place and Bing continues to steal the spotlight from Google Bard, Google’s rival chatbot. Bard, which Google describes as an “experimental conversational AI service,” has still not launched to the public and is mired in confusion, errors, and delays.
Google has previewed the AI tools coming to Gmail, Google Docs and more, and we expect to hear more about its chatbot plans leading up to Google I/O 2023. Until then, Microsoft Bing will continue to hold its lead increase in the AI search engine assistant space, especially if the waiting list will be officially removed soon.
