Microsoft's updated Bing search engine features a chatbot that sometimes can be more helpful than just visiting a group of web links. But it doesn't always do the tricks that OpenAI's ChatGPT can do.

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Microsoft has given a small group of people early access to the new version of its Bing search engine boosted with artificial intelligence courtesy of startup OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. CNBC has ...