[FreeHugs]

The big question is if this will be a net positive or just adds more bloat.

They tried the same with Bing and failed. Bing did not see any uptick even with the new AI features:

https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/deskto...

My takeaway is that users are not as stupid and lazy as Microsoft thinks they are. They want a clean UI. And if they have to sign up for ChatGPT to get it, they will. ChatGPT already gained as many users as Bing has. With a clean UI, Bing might have already doubled it's userbase.

Why doesn't Microsft just remove all the clutter from Bing and enjoy the benefits of having their search engine being the default on all the Windows tablets and laptops out there? Why waste it all and make every user change their search engine to Google?

[nicetryguy]

Microsoft as a UI company historically has been absolutely god awful: Probably one of the main reasons Apple stayed in business before the iPhone. I wouldn't expect them to wake up one day and start making clean UIs.

[code_runner]

I assume a few hundred project managers have jockeyed to get their stupid widget on the page and whoever is in charge now holds onto their team’s widget as their only real visible contribution to the company.

[pradn]

I don't think regular people know that Bing has added AI features. Even if they knew, why would they not just use ChatGPT? ChatGPT also benefits from a fresh, cool brand name that Bing will never have.

[williamstein]

Answer: Bing provides GPT4 for free with integrated search to ground the response. It’s a totally different experience than free ChatGPT that some people would prefer.

[MattPalmer1086]

Maybe I'm holding it wrong, but I tried Bing with GPT4 and I got really useless answers. Maybe I'm just used to the chatGPT interface.

Edit: I found the bing interface confusing. I couldn't really distinguish between the AI bit and just searching. When I asked how to write some code that did X, I got a bunch of links to stack overflow or whatever. I wanted the ai to write some code for me.

[zamnos]

ChatGPT's knowledge only goes up to 2021. BingChat, meanwhile, can access the Internet and try to look things up.