What you need to know
- Microsoft has announced that it will integrate its OpenAI technology into Bing.
- We asked our readers if they would be interested in switching to the new Bing.
- With about 1,900 votes, over 50% said they would switch or try.
- Of those who voted, 30% said they would continue to use Google Search.
Bing is not the most popular search engine, with about 9% of the global desktop market share, second only to Google Search’s 84% (according to Statista). However, Microsoft hopes the latest changes will allow Bing to give Google a real competitive edge. Following the news that Microsoft is bringing new ChatGPT smarts to Bing thanks to OpenAI, we asked our readers if they’d be interested in switching to a search engine.
It received about 1,900 votes over the weekend. Of those, 52% said they would switch or try the service. You can sign up for this at bing.com/new. Behind that, 30% of his voters said they would continue to use Google search, and 11% said they already use Bing as their search engine of choice.
Some of the responses to the survey are shown below.
Android Fanboy: “Definitely, it’s up to me to switch temporarily or permanently.”
Andy Wilkin: “I’d love to try it, but I’m sure Chrome will soon have something similar (or you can just install the app).”
Matt Simon: “If AI suddenly makes Bing show more relevant results than Google… just kidding.”
Lord Madsen: “As long as Bing and Google collect data for their property.”
Robin Goodfellow: “Unfortunately, ChatGpt seems to be programmed to tilt answers left. How can you trust anything that isn’t objective? MS should avoid dogmatic illogical reasoning.”
cam: “As a legal clerk, once an AI tool in the browser is developed to allow Lexis and Westlaw to outline cases, I will definitely start using the new browser to access that tool.”
Interestingly, a similar study by a colleague at Windows Central also showed fairly similar results. Many voters (39%) understandably already use Bing, but the same number (39%) said they would switch.
Some users who signed up from the waiting list have already visited the service and tested its functionality. The preview may be too early to really determine its potential, but it’s a big move for Microsoft, Bing, and Edge browsers, especially while Google scrambles to test similar chatbot services. There is a possibility.
