Only 48 Hours, Microsoft Bing AI Caplok More Than One Million People On The Wait List

Microsoft launched its latest version of the search engine powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) features from ChatGPT. (photo: dock. microsoft)

JAKARTA - Microsoft is in the spotlight with the launch of its latest version of the search engine powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) features from ChatGPT.

Microsoft's corporate vice president and chief consumer marketing officer, Yusuf Mehdi, reported that currently one million people have signed up on the waiting list to try out the new Bing in just 48 hours.

"We are feeling humble and excited by the large number of people who want to test the new AI-powered Bing! Within 48 hours, more than 1 million people have joined our waiting list for our preview. If you want to join, please visit http://bing.com/new!," Mehdi tweeted on his official Twitter account.

We're humbled and energized by the number of people who want to test-drive the new AI-powered Bing! In 48 hours, more than 1 million people have joined the waitlist for our preview. If you would like to join, go to https://t.co/4sjVvMSfJg! pic.twitter.com/9F690OWRDm

— Yusuf Mehdi (@yusuf_i_mehdi) February 9, 2023

Just launched last week, Bing was still available in only limited preview versions for some users. If anyone wants to give it a try, they will have to sign up for a waiting list that requires him to sign in to Microsoft Account.

Bing has indeed been an old player in the search engine, but many people are more interested in using Google.

According to GlobalStats Statcounter data, Bing is only used by 3 percent of people in the world, many use the Office or Outlook application.

Of course, launching the latest version of Bing powered by AI ChatGPT, is Microsoft's strategy to increase the use of its search engine.

To use the latest version of Bing, users must first install the Edge browser. If you want to save time, users can install the Bing Extension for Chrome or other browsers like Safari.

For information, ChatGPT has also earned 100 million users in just two months to become the fastest growing app of all time.

The growing waiting list for Bing just showed rumors surrounding ChatGPT gave a rare positive result for Bing, although not only to try Bing's search but to test its ChatGPT feature.

However, it seems that the new Bing with ChatGPT is a moment that Microsoft's former head, Steve Ballmer, is looking for when he explains in 2011 why he remains optimistic about the losing Bing, as quoted by ZDNet, Tuesday, February 14.

"If you went to search engines today and said, 'Attack my boarding pass on Southwest,' you're not going to get anything other than chaos. Actually, computers, search engines, no one really understands today's password. We only understand the word noun. However, most of us as humans want to order this system to do something for us, "said Ballmer at the time.