IWCD195: Bing vs. Google (AI Wars)

Daily #195

Author

George Samuels
February 8th, 2023

Hey there,

So Bing recently came out with the news that it has incorporated ChatGPT into its Bing search engine.

Introducing the new Bing

Ask real questions. Get complete answers. Chat and create.

bing.com/new

I always considered Microsoft to be #2 — playing catch up with competitors — until I started seeing ChatGPT.

Even though ChatGPT was not created by Microsoft, MS acquired a majority stake in Open AI Labs (the original creators) back in 2019.

With $1 Billion From Microsoft, an A.I. Lab Wants to Mimic the Brain (Published 2019)

OpenAI, now managed by start-up guru Sam Altman, wants to create a machine that can do anything the human brain can do. Skeptics wonder if it is possible.

www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/technology/open-ai-microsoft.html

This was a brilliant move.

Because it’s only now that we’re seeing why they made the acquisition two years ago.

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