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there is “no evidence” that Bing has actually gained any search market share
there is “no evidence” that Bing has actually gained any search market share
I don’t think AI is going to help Bing – AFAICT people don’t use it because its results aren’t very good, and I don’t see AI helping with that. As crappy as Google search has gotten, I still jump to it very frequently after failed searches on the Bing-powered DuckDuckGo.
What might help Bing gain market share is to take advantage of Google’s utter suckiness by creating a better search engine that indexes the Web more completely, and favours relevant-to-the-user results instead of relevant-to-the-advertisers garbage.
Good lord, I find myself actually rooting for Microsoft, though I would be happy to watch them die. Google, how far thou hast fallen.
I’m trying to remember how many years it’s been since I last used Google. It’s at least five, possibly close to ten. My searches haven’t been affected in the least by not using them.
IMO I’ve found the AI is much better at searching for certain domains of things.
Basically, I still find Google consistently better than Bing for search, but when I can’t find something immediately, Bing Chat often does. Usually when I’m trying to describe something I only half-remember, vs. something where I know precision search terms. Eg. the other day I was trying to remember a point and click adventure game that came out sometime in the last decade that starts with a context between elves or fairies (
I don’t think a “gain in market share” would be the goal here for Bing Chat, but rather, a gain in AI market share. Bing’s AI chat may trounce AI competitors, without really adding to Bing Search’s market share. That would still be a success, IMO.
“We have over 1 million paid Copilot users in more than 37,000 organizations that subscribe to Copilot for business, with significant traction outside the United States.”
“We have over 1 million paid Copilot users in more than 37,000 organizations that subscribe to Copilot for business, with significant traction outside the United States.”
1 million users seems like a drop in the ocean to me for something the size of Microsoft. Businesses that might have no clues and are scared to be left behind. You should see all the “Get AI now or be left behind to die” mail form spam the websites I host get. Gladly enough, spam assassin blocks it from reaching anybody.
Considering that the only possible market for GitHub Copilot is comprised of software developers, a million seems like a lot bigger number. GitHub Copilot is strictly for programming help within popular IDEs, nothing else.
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