---
title: "Microsoft Appears to Have Accidentally Launched New Bing With ChatGPT Functionality"
description: "Microsoft's ChatGPT integrated Bing search engine reportedly went live only for a short period, but screenshots document the highly-anticipated upgrade."
date: "2023-02-05"
modified: "2023-02-05"
authors:
  - name: "Frank Landymore"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/microsoft-bing-chatgpt"
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
  - "OpenAI"
tags:
  - "ai"
  - "chatgpt"
  - "microsoft"
  - "the digest"
---

# Microsoft Appears to Have Accidentally Launched New Bing With ChatGPT Functionality

![Microsoft's ChatGPT integrated Bing search engine reportedly went live only for a short period, but screenshots document the highly-anticipated upgrade.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/microsoft-bing-chatgpt.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://twitter.com/Owen_Yin" target="\_blank"\>Owen Yin via Twitter / Futurism\</a\>\</em\>*

## Sudden Appearance

After [reports that](<https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-and-openai-working-on-chatgpt-powered-bing-in-challenge-to-google>) Microsoft had plans to integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot into its Bing search engine, we may have now gotten an unintentional sneak peek.

According [to *The Verge*](<https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/3/23584675/microsoft-ai-bing-chatgpt-screenshots-leak>), it appears an early version of the chatbot integration accidentally went live on Bing, before disappearing almost as quickly as it cropped up.

A student designer on Twitter by the name of Owen Yin [tweeted](<https://twitter.com/Owen_Yin/status/1621365021677879297>) that the integration "just appeared" for him, and that the search bar was replaced with "a composer for natural language questions."

Yin told *The Verge* that he stumbled across the find because Bing is his home page on Microsoft's Edge browser.

"After a couple of minutes it stopped working," he added. "Jaw dropped when I realized what I was looking at!"

And fortunately, he has receipts. While *The Verge* notes that it's unable to verify the authenticity of the leaks, it did spot [two other](<https://twitter.com/Nazmul60863192/status/1621383142174248960?>) [tweets](<https://twitter.com/rexamir_/status/1621428101589909504>) that seem to corroborate Yin's findings.

https://twitter.com/Owen_Yin/status/1621365021677879297

## Goodbye, Google?

If the leaks are to be believed, next to the "All" tab which returns links like a traditional search engine, is a new "Chat" tab.

"Welcome to the new Bing," the tab reads, "your AI powered search engine."

Along with three suggestions for types of questions to ask the chatbot is a disclaimer that reads: "Bing is powered by AI, so surprises and mistakes are possible." As *The Verge* notes, this is pretty much the spitting image of the regular ChatGPT UI.

The AI-bolstered Bing is also capable of citing its sources, according to an in-depth [writeup from Yin](<https://medium.com/@owenyin/scoop-oh-the-things-youll-do-with-bing-s-chatgpt-62b42d8d7198>). That's a big deal, since without direct links, it defeats the point of a bot doing the legwork if you, too, need to cite the information, like for a paper.

In addition, interactive AIs frequently struggle to pinpoint exactly where they got their information. See: AI image generators, which are accused of [plagiarizing existing artworks](<https://futurism.com/artists-furious-about-ai-that-draws-portraits-of-people>) without crediting the original, human artists.

It's unclear [when this is supposed to officially go live](<https://www.semafor.com/article/02/01/2023/chatgpt-is-about-to-get-even-better-and-microsofts-bing-could-win-big>) — assuming its authenticity, that is — but it could give Microsoft a long-awaited leg up in the search engine department, as Bing has infamously and hilariously been stuck in Google's shadow for well over a decade.

In particular, the chatbot functionality could give Google's Knowledge Graph — that box that appears at the top of search results that attempts to return an answer to factual questions like "how far is the Sun?" — a run for its money.

**More on ChatGPT:** *[ChatGPT’s Explosive Popularity Makes It the Fastest-Growing App in Human History](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/chatgpts-fastest-growing-app-human-history>)*

## Author
At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled.

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