Bing Search Blog

Today, we’re bringing a series of enhancements to Bing Image Creator so you can experience the magic of creation like never before. Read more below or visit Bing.com/create to get started.  

We are glad to announce that we have compiled a dataset of European Parliament (‘EU’) election 2024 related queries in different EU languages to support transparency and engagement with the researcher community. Researchers can apply using this form. Requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

At Bing, we’re laser focused on providing swift, straightforward ways to find the information you need from a variety of sources and content, all so you can make an informed decision. This election season Bing is providing a single, comprehensive experience for both the 2024 U.S. presidential race and state elections to deliver real-time election results, voting information, the latest news, and more. Users can try the experience here.

How would you spend a million dollars? Well start thinking about it, because Microsoft Rewards is thrilled to announce The Ultimate Giveaway: A Million Dollar Sweepstakes! Microsoft Rewards members in the US, Canada, UK, France, and Germany have the chance to win $1,000,000 USD! In addition to the grand prize winner, there will be two winners of $10,000 USD in each participating country.

In July, we introduced an early view of generative search in Bing, and today we’re taking the next step as we continue to evolve our vision of the future of search. With the introduction of generative search, Bing utilizes AI to deliver a truly unique experience by not only optimizing the search results but also how those results appear in a cohesive layout. This transformation is more than aesthetic; it’s about creating a seamless experience that empowers you to explore, learn, and find information in new ways.

After introducing LLM-powered chat answers on Bing in February of last year, we’ve been hard at work on the ongoing revolution of search. Bing continues to be trusted by hundreds of millions of users to find information, get answers to questions, and explore their curiosity. Today, we’re excited to share an early view of our new generative search experience which is currently shipping to a small percentage of user queries.

Microsoft Rewards expanded to Morocco and Israel and is now available in over 230 countries and regions, covering all seven continents. We’re also evolving and expanding the program and adding more features and benefits based on our members’ input and feedback.  

Since becoming generally available in December, Microsoft Copilot has been adopted by workers, faculty, and—most recently—higher ed students, as their everyday AI companion with commercial data protection. They’re using it to find better answers, maximize their efficiency, and instantly be more creative—all while helping to keep their organization’s data safe with commercial data protection.  

Since Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat and Bing Chat Enterprise) launched in preview in February, people around the world have embraced it as their everyday AI companion. It’s been used to generate billions of prompts and responses, helping people be more creative and productive in their lives.

Learn about Microsoft’s vision for Copilot (formerly Bing Chat and Bing Chat Enterprise), general availability, expansion of commercial data protection availability, data sensitivity protection, and expanding the ecosystem with support for GPTs and plugins.