Microsoft announced on Monday that Bing Chat, their AI chatbot, will soon be available on non-Microsoft browsers like Google Chrome, and Apple Safari.
The extension will open up access to Microsoft’s AI chatbot, which is similar to ChatGPT, to a wider range of people as it was previously restricted to Microsoft products like the Bing mobile app and Microsoft Edge browser.
“We are flighting access to Bing Chat in Safari and Chrome to select users as part of our testing on other browsers,” Caitlin Roulston, Microsoft’s director of communications, said in an emailed statement to TechCrunch.
Those who were able to use the Bing AI chatbot on Windows claim to have seen a pop-up on the taskbar of Windows 10 or 11 inviting them to try the Bing AI in Chrome.
Users can also access Bing directly from their choice browser and test out the experience by clicking the “Chat” icon.
The GPT-4 model from OpenAI powers the ChatGPT-like experience in Bing Chat, but some users claim that trying the AI chatbot in other browsers has more restrictions than with the original version.
After launching earlier this year, Bing Chat has gradually making its way into other Microsoft products.
The new Bing was integrated with Skype and became available in a matter of weeks on the Edge browser for iOS, Android, and the PC as well as the Bing mobile app.
