Subj : Bing AI gets some handy new features in Microsoft Edge browser
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Jun 27 2023 11:30:03

Bing AI gets some handy new features in Microsoft Edge browser

Date:
Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:20:15 +0000

Description:
Edge users are getting a nifty export option, and theres a new Mentioned box 
in the Bing Chat pane, too.

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Microsoft has bolstered the capabilities of its Bing AI in the Edge browsers 
side panel with a couple of welcome new features. 

As flagged up by Leopeva64, a regular source of Edge leaks and developments 
on Twitter, theres now an export button built into the Bing Chat pane in 
Microsofts browser . Export options have also been integrated into Edge's 
Bing Chat pane, this was announced over a month ago, but this is the first 
time I've seen it implemented in the Bing Chat pane:https://t.co/Qzk0ujnvbF. 
pic.twitter.com/OhB8CK5vBz June 26, 2023 See more 

Click it and you get the choice of exporting whatever content youre currently 
looking at in the chatbot to a Word document, PDF, or text file. 

A second change for Edge spotted by Leopeva64 is that the Bing Chat side 
panel has a new section entitled Mentioned which picks out highlights of 
things that are, well, mentioned by the chatbot. It seems that this 
"Mentioned" section is also new in the Bing Chat 
pane:https://t.co/nwGv3UMtCC.https://t.co/Q4Q4B2UwN2 
pic.twitter.com/sE5MhDUpCX June 26, 2023 See more 

As you can see in the example provided in Leopeva64s tweet, selected movies 
are shown as images (movie posters, in this case) that you can click on to 
learn more about the film (with the AI pulling info from Wikipedia in this 
case). Analysis: Next up - the huge change for browsers 

Clearly, its good to have the export feature in the Edge side panel. If youve 
found something particularly interesting, its great to have the ability to 
export it as some kind of document file with a couple of clicks. 

Microsoft actually announced that this feature was inbound at the start of 
May (in one of those many Bing blog posts which are crafted on a weekly 
basis), so it has taken a little while for it to go live. 

The new Mentioned box has arrived more out of the blue, but again, its a 
useful addition to have and provides a jumping-off point for deeper 
exploration into related materials from any particular query. 

Bing is steadily being built out in all kinds of directions, then, but in 
terms of the browser experience, the biggest change is going to be the 
introduction of the chatbot to browsers outside of Edge. That should be 
happening soon enough, going by chatter from sources at Microsoft , so youll 
be able to use the Bing AI in Chrome, for example, without having to resort 
to an unofficial (and clunky) extension.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/bing-ai-gets-some-
handy-new-features-in-microsoft-edge-browser


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