Since Microsoft stepped up the accelerator with the collaboration of OpenAI to reinvent web search experiences, seeking to face the hegemony of Google, we have not stopped receiving news about both the new Bing and its integration in Microsoft Edge, to which They came to baptize as the co-pilot on the web.
In this sense, Microsoft writes a new chapter of its adventure by now announcing the launch of Bing Image Creator to the new Bing and Microsoft Edge, to allow users to create images from scratch based on the descriptions they establish, an integration that will use the technology of “an advanced version of the DALL∙E model from our partners at OpenAI”.
To obtain images beyond those existing on the web
And what does an image generator do in a web browser? Microsoft responds to this as follows:
We know from research that the human brain processes visual information some 60,000 times faster than text, making visual tools a fundamental way people search, create, and understand (…) At Bing, images are one of the most searched categories, second only to general web searches. Historically, the search was limited to images that already existed on the web. Now there are almost no limits to what you can search for and create.
In other words, the historical search for existing images on the web is now added to the possibility of accessing images generated by generative AI models, without it yet being clear who can retain the authorship, despite the fact that the images Generated files will come with an Image Creator icon in the bottom left corner.
With security mechanisms and initially reaching a few users
To prevent potential abuse scenarios, Microsoft says that Bing Image creator has OpenAI security measures as well as additional protections to limit the creation of potentially harmful or unsafe images.
Bing Image Creator is initially being integrated into the Creative Mode of the new Bing chat experience, with a view to expanding later to Balanced and Precise modes, something similar happening with its integration in Microsoft Edge, which according to Microsoft: “it becomes the first and only browser with an integrated AI-powered imager.”
Even so, it should be remembered that the new Bing and its integration in Edge is still in preview, with more than a month now publicly available, having received improvements, above all, with the contributions of the user community.
In this sense, Bing Image Creator will follow the same path, beginning its journey for a small group of users, both on mobile and desktop, before carrying out the deployment that allows it to reach a larger number of users in successive stages.
Powering visual searches on Bing
On the other hand, Microsoft is announcing the arrival of new visual stories and knowledge cards powered by AI, to address the “growing demand for more visual search experiences”, expanding Bing Stories and Knowledge Cards 2.0 to all Bing users. .
Microsoft says Stories offer a “more engaging way to find and interact with content, offering images and short videos,” while Knowledge Cards 2.0 is an “AI-powered” infographic experience that provides fun facts and key information at a glance. , now also with “interactive and dynamic content such as tables, graphs, timelines, visual stories and more.”
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