Subj : Microsofts Bing AI Chatbot is actually tempting users away from G
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Mar 24 2023 14:30:03

Microsofts Bing AI Chatbot is actually tempting users away from Google

Date:
Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:22:08 +0000

Description:
Google sees a slight dip in users following Microsoft's Bing AI success, 
which may allude to a shift in established popularity dynamics.

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Microsoft has pushed hard and fast to get the new and improved AI-powered 
Bing out there to consumers and it seems like all that hard work and (light 
badgering of users) may have paid off. As of now, it seems Bing is gaining 
new users while Google is seeing a small drop. 

According to Reuters , Microsoft is seeing an increase of about 16% in page 
visits since Bing launched its ChatGPT-powered new Bing experience. Microsoft 
confirmed earlier this month that it has now reached an estimated 100 million 
active users and that number is likely to continue in an upward momentum as 
more people get comfortable - or at least cautiously acquainted - with AI 
chatbots. 

Microsoft launched the enhanced Bing in early February and has since then 
seen a 15.8% boost in page visits according to the data, which could suggest 
a sliver of success in Microsofts painstaking journey trying to pull users 
away from Google and its absolute dominance in the search engine sphere. 
Analysis: We don't need to take Google out behind the barn just yet 

Reuters points out that the drop in Googles numbers is about 1% for the same 
time period and thats obviously not a massive hit, but it does represent a 
significant number of people given Google's huge popularity. We can see this 
trend in terms of mobile downloads as well, with the Bing app seeing eight 
times more downloads compared to pre-GPT times, while Google's dropped by 2%. 

We can see from this that there is a slow, small shift between the two search 
engines' normal dynamics, though we wont be rushing to call it the death of 
Google anytime soon. Microsoft is enjoying this newfound interest in its 
product (a refreshing change from its annoying, almost pathetic banners in 
the Edge browser demanding you not download Chrome) and its seen its own 
string of issues with Bing AI before reaching its current level of 
popularity. So, it's safe to say Google might have to go through these 
AI-related speed bumps too before it catches up. 

Regardless, Google hasnt taken things lying down! The company has just 
launched Bard, its own AI chatbot, and has big plans to integrate it with 
other products like Google Workspaces. Bard did pretty well in our first 
hands-on with the product upon launch and will hopefully rise to the occasion 
to find its footing in the AI world.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/microsofts-bing-ai-chatbot-may-be-tempting-user
s-away-from-google


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