How to Move Up the Waitlist for Microsoft’s ChatGPT-Enhanced Bing

Microsoft made a big splash on Tuesday by unveiling a ChatGPT-enhanced Bing. Its search site has long been the butt of jokes, with Google dominating the space, but people took notice of this new flavor of web search from Microsoft, which can do research for you as well as create stories, itineraries, menus, emails, and more.

The new features are the result of a collaboration between Microsoft and OpenAI, the creator of the controversial ChatGPT service, which may result in some real competition for Google.

How to Try ChatGPT on Bing

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For now, you’ll need to join a waitlist to try out the Microsoft Bing ChatGPT integration. Head to this website(Opens in a new window), log in with your Microsoft account, and you’re on the list.

Microsoft has a few suggestions(Opens in a new window) for how best to move up the list, though. Here are the steps that Microsoft says will get you the new features faster:

MacOS users, of course, don’t get the Windows defaults, but when I tried the Fast Access link(Opens in a new window) on a MacBook, it took me to the Bing wallpaper, so that may speed up access. Apple users can also install the mobile app.

Getting the New Bing in the Edge Web Browser

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If you’ve paid attention to the announcements from Microsoft, you know that the new AI chat and text-generation capabilities are also coming to the Edge web browser. Remember, the new AI features will be built into Edge as well as available on the Bing website and app.

As with Windows, there’s an Edge Insider program(Opens in a new window) that gives users a taste of new features coming to future versions of the software. I thought installing the preview build would get me the new AI search, but my waiting list status was the same in all three preview builds of the browser.

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So it turns out there’s no shortcut to avoid the waiting list. But if you follow the steps that Microsoft suggests, you should get the new search tools faster.

Even More Options

For more background, read about the other advantages of Bing and the Edge web browser. Plus, read about alternative search engines and alternative web browsers.