According to The Information, which cited two sources with direct knowledge of the plans, Microsoft is preparing to introduce a version of its search engine Bing that makes use of the artificial intelligence that powers ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI.
Microsoft intends to compete with Google by releasing the new function before the end of March, according to the news website.
Microsoft announced its intention to incorporate OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 image-generation software into Bing in a blog post last year.
Microsoft and OpenAI declined to comment.
Microsoft supported the San Francisco-based OpenAI artificial intelligence startup in 2019 by providing money totaling US$1 billion (A$1.46 billion).
In order to build artificial intelligence supercomputing technologies on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service, the two have established a multi-year agreement.
On November 30, OpenAI made the ChatGPT chatbot, its most recent development, available for free public testing.
The chatbot is a piece of software created to replicate human-like dialogue in response to user input and can answer a wide variety of queries while mimicking human speaking styles.
