With the Windows 11 Moment 2 update, the Bing AI chatbot with ChatGPT takes its place on the taskbar. But it can also be accessed from any web browser. Manual !
The Windows 11 Moment 2 update brought some new features to Microsoft’s system (read our article). If there are some improvements – not all of great use – we also see that Microsoft has every intention of propelling its conversational robot Bing AI into the spotlight in order to encourage its use. To achieve this, the publisher has found no better place than the search field of the Windows taskbar. After a few clicks, you will be able to access Bing AI which, remember, combines the indexing of the in-house Bing search engine with the artificial intelligence of ChatGPT in order to offer content that is sometimes creative and sometimes purely informational. So, while current knowledge of ChatGPT does not go beyond the year 2021, Bing AI can answer current questions.
If you have not yet installed the Windows 11 Moment 2 update, nothing prevents you from testing the performance of Bing AI all the same since it is accessible online through any web browser (and therefore not necessarily the Edge browser) but also from the Big app available for android And iOS. But beware: you will need to have obtained access from Microsoft. This is given to you after your registration – free – on waiting list (Bing AI is still in the testing phase) after a few days. Once granted access, you will be able to converse with Bing AI freely… or almost. Indeed, after having suffered some setbacks at the very beginning of the adventure with Internet users who were a little too curious, Bing AI currently limits conversations to a maximum of six exchanges. Beyond that, the conversation context must be deleted to restart a new exchange. Bing AI therefore does not keep track of what you have asked it before and what it has replied to you. It’s a bit frustrating.
How do I start a conversation with Bing AI?
Did you register on the waiting list to test Bing AI and received the email from Microsoft confirming your right of access? Proceed to the next step to test the chatbot.
From Windows with the Moment 2 update
► If you have installed the Windows 11 Moment 2 update, click on the search field of the taskbar now flanked by the Bing logo. The search menu opens. Click on the logo Bing top right.
► The Edge browser then opens (even if it is not your default browser). At the top left of the page, two options are available: To research (which corresponds to the traditional Bing search engine) and Conversation which makes way for the chatbot. In the field at the bottom of the page, you can start the conversation with a question. This must not exceed 2000 characters.
► With a topical question, Bing AI responds with precision and attempts to jump-start the conversation in context.
► You can then ask other questions or statements (in the same context). You are entitled to 6 questions and therefore 6 answers. Depending on your wishes, you can ask Bing to provide creative, balanced or precise answers by clicking on one of the three modes offered. Once all six interactions have been reached, click on the broom icon to reset the conversation. Its context will not be remembered. You will have to start from scratch.
From any web browser
► If you have not installed the Moment 2 update, open your favorite web browser and go to Bing’s page. Identify yourself with your Microsoft account in order to access the chatbot.
► Once identified, reload the page. It now displays Microsoft’s chatbot with a field for your question. Here, for some strange reason, it must not exceed 1000 characters. Enter your question and validate.
► By default, the Bing search engine then takes over and displays the results in the traditional way. Click on the link at the top left of the page Conversation. The robot then answers the question and tries to restart the conversation.
► Fun (or worrying?) fact: while we had asked the same question for the first time concerning the eliminated candidates from the new season of M6’s Top Chef show started on 1er March, the robot had given an erroneous answer (the given names do not correspond to anyone).
