Apple considered buying Bing from Microsoft in 2018 The deal with Microsoft wasn’t completed and Giannandrea said he believed Apple CEO Tim Cook told Microsoft it wasn’t going forward.

Bing’s AI image generator apparently blocks prompts about the Twin Towers The real World Trade Center in 1980. | Photo by Jack Mecca / Getty ImagesAfter some users of Bing’s DALL-E 3 integration found a loophole in the tool’s guardrails and generated art featuring several beloved animated characters and the Twin Towers, Microsoft seems to have blocked the ability to prompt anything related to the Twin Towers. As repo…

Apple’s Talks With Bing & DuckDuckGo Revealed in Google Antitrust Case via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Apple contemplated acquiring Bing and partnering with DuckDuckGo, newly unsealed testimonies from the ongoing Google antitrust case reveal. The post Apple’s Talks With Bing & DuckDuckGo Revealed in Google Antitrust Case appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Details of Apple’s talks to replace Google with Bing and even DuckDuckGo revealed in unsealed court testimony Image: The VergeWhile Google’s search engine has for years been the default on Apple’s devices, newly unsealed court testimonies reveal that Apple held talks with both Microsoft and DuckDuckGo to use their search engines across Apple devices, and in Microsoft’s case even potentially buying Bing, The Washington Post and Bloomberg report. The pote…

You can now use the DALL-E 3 AI image generator inside Bing Chat A banana bed, as created by DALL-E 3. | Image: OpenAIThe image generator inside the AI-powered Bing Chat is getting a big upgrade today: Microsoft announced that OpenAI’s latest DALL-E 3 model is now available to all Bing Chat and Bing Image Creator users. It has been rolling out over the last week or so, first to Bing Enterprise users and then …

Microsoft Bing Chat: Now With DALL-E 3 AI Image Generator via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Microsoft integrates OpenAI’s advanced DALL-E 3 text-to-image model into Bing Chat and Bing Image Creator. The post Microsoft Bing Chat: Now With DALL-E 3 AI Image Generator appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Watch Out for Malicious Ads on Bing Chat Bing Chat, like other big tech products, makes some money from advertising. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, and most of us are pretty used to the practice at this point. But just as with search engines, some of these ads aren’t legitimate. In fact, some are malicious, with the ultimate goal of tricking you into… Read more…

Satya Nadella tells a court that Bing is worse than Google — and Apple could fix it Satya Nadella appears in DC for US v. Google. | Image: Getty ImagesOn the stand in US v. Google, the Microsoft CEO said he’d do just about anything to make Bing better. Google’s lawyers said he should have been doing that for decades. Continue reading…

Microsoft reportedly pitched Apple on buying Bing to no avail Illustration: The VergeExecutives from Microsoft and Apple met in 2020 to discuss a possible sale of Bing, according to a new report from Bloomberg. But the talks failed to progress beyond the exploratory phase, indicating that Apple’s top brass — including Eddy Cue, who was involved in the meetings — never seriously pursued the idea. Testimony …

Microsoft Considered Selling Bing to Apple in 2020 Back in 2020, Microsoft considered selling its Bing search engine to Apple, reports Bloomberg. Had the acquisition happened, Bing would have replaced Google as the default search engine on Apple devices. Microsoft executives met up with Apple services chief Eddy Cue to discuss a potential deal, but the talks were just exploratory and did not pr…

Meta’s AI Vision Revealed: Bing Integration, Celebrity Chatbots, + More via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Meta unveils new AI tools and characters with celebrity voices for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. The post Meta’s AI Vision Revealed: Bing Integration, Celebrity Chatbots, + More appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

DALL·E 3 Coming To ChatGPT, Bing, And Microsoft Designer via @sejournal, @kristileilani Learn about DALL·E. 3’s features, when it will arrive, and how to opt your content out of training data for future OpenAI image generation models. The post DALL·E 3 Coming To ChatGPT, Bing, And Microsoft Designer appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Browse With Bing Returns To ChatGPT iPhone App With Source Links via @sejournal, @kristileilani The Browse with Bing feature has returned to the ChatGPT app for iPhone after removal in July. Here’s what you need to know. The post Browse With Bing Returns To ChatGPT iPhone App With Source Links appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Microsoft Gives Websites More Control Over Content In Bing Chat via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Microsoft gives publishers more control over Bing Chat with new meta tag options while ensuring content still appears in regular searches. The post Microsoft Gives Websites More Control Over Content In Bing Chat appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Microsoft to add DALL-E 3 to Bing Chat Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft announced it will soon add access to OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 image generator for users to create images right in a chat. DALL-E 3, which will be released for ChatGPT’s enterprise users in October, will allow people to type a couple of sentences to create a photo. Microsoft did not specify when DALL-E 3 on Bing will come out. …

Bing Expands Webmaster Tools Performance Report via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Microsoft updates Bing Webmaster Tools, offering detailed insights on website performance via consolidated search and chat metrics. The post Bing Expands Webmaster Tools Performance Report appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Microsoft Bing & Wix Announce IndexNow Integration via @sejournal, @kristileilani Wix partners with Microsoft to bring accelerated content indexing to millions of premium users via IndexNow. The post Microsoft Bing & Wix Announce IndexNow Integration appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Bing Webmaster Tools Unveils Enhanced Sitemap Reporting via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Bing Webmaster Tools unveils advanced sitemap reporting features to improve website index coverage and user experience. The post Bing Webmaster Tools Unveils Enhanced Sitemap Reporting appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Bing Webmaster Tools To Retire Disavow Links Feature via @sejournal, @kristileilani Bing Webmaster Tools to remove the disavow links feature this October. Find out why and what website owners should do next. The post Bing Webmaster Tools To Retire Disavow Links Feature appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

In the Google antitrust trial, defaults are everything and nobody likes Bing Illustration by Cath Virginia / The VergeThe first week of US v. Google begins with arguments over the power of deals and data. Continue reading…