Bing Chat powered by OpenAI tech is rolling out to Chrome and Safari

Microsoft’s Bing Chat is not unique to the Edge browser, because it’s now rolling out to Chrome and Safari, The Verge reported. “We’re flighting entry to Bing Chat in Safari and Chrome to pick out customers as a part of our testing on different browsers,” a Microsoft spokesperson informed The Verge. “We’re excited to broaden entry to much more customers as soon as our normal testing procedures are full.”

It appears to be greater than a small check, as a variety of customers (together with myself on Chrome however not Safari) have gained entry. There are just a few limitations, although. It’s important to be logged into your Microsoft account, and prompts are restricted to 2,000 characters in comparison with 4,000 on Edge. Conversations reset after 5 queries fairly than 30, and it always prompts you to obtain Edge (by no means change, Microsoft). 

Bing Chat is powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4, giving customers entry to the latter’s options with out the necessity to pay. There are some variations, although, as Bing Chat has entry to Bing Search whereas ChatGPT-4 by itself does not, so can present extra up-to-date data and sources for responses. Nevertheless, OpenAI’s chat typically supplies extra detailed responses. Just lately, a paper got here out claiming that ChatGPT-4’s capabilities have declined, however some specialists have downplayed the conclusions. 

On high of releasing it for different browsers, Microsoft additionally launched a darkish mode for Bing Chat. To make use of it, click on on the hamburger menu on the high proper and choose “Look/Darkish.” That perform could not but be obtainable for all customers.