Microsoft has no shame: Bing spit on my ‘Chrome’ search with a fake AI answer

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It was time to download Google Chrome on a new Windows 11 computer.

I typed “Chrome” into the Microsoft Edge search bar.

I was greeted with a full-screen Microsoft Bing AI chatbot window, which promptly told me it was searching for... Bing features.

Screenshot by Sean Hollister / The Verge

Search query: “Chrome.” Search result: “news articles about Bing features.”

I picked my jaw up off the floor and tried again. Same result every time.

Same exact text, too. This is clearly not Microsoft’s GPT-4 powered chatbot at work — it’s a completely canned interaction. Here’s how much of my screen it took up, and what it looks like zoomed in:

Screenshot by Sean Hollister / The Verge

Every...

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