Microsoft will steal your information and give you nothing in return

by Alexandru Poloboc

With an overpowering desire to always get to the bottom of things and uncover the truth, Alex spent most of his time working as a news reporter, anchor,… read more

Published on February 8, 2023

Even though it seems that Microsoft is making all the right steps to make the world more accessible and bring all the information to your fingertips, there are downsides to it.

Yes, we are referring to the new ChatGPT chatbot initiative to revive Bing, a search engine that nobody really cares about.

Since Microsoft said it is going to launch its new OpenAI’s ChatGPT-powered browser Edge with the Bing search engine homepage, many are now worried about the ramifications of this decision.

It might not seem like much to start with, but a lot of smaller companies could actually go under as a result of these actions.

How will Microsoft make up for taking the information from you?

Bing and ChatGPT’s combination will result in a conversational AI that can create accurate, human-like text responses based on virtually any imaginable context.

Keep in mind that ChatGPT-3 is trained entirely from content on the web, learning more rapidly than any team of human beings could possibly dream of.

And, as Microsoft tries to make Bing relevant, it’s also taking the idea of search engines to a whole new level, which basically removes a user’s need to scroll through to an article and read.

Many would actually call this theft, even though it technically isn’t, and aren’t that eager in exploring everything Microsoft’s new AI integration has to offer.

The Redmond tech giant is not planning to exclude the sources it gets the precious information from, and has thought of a way to sort of compensate them.

Don’t go thinking Microsoft will start throwing millions of dollars at these companies because it most certainly won’t.

In fact, it plans on offering a tiny link in the footer of the query, mentioning that the information was taken from the site in question.

It might not seem like much because it really isn’t. A link at the bottom of the page, that literally nobody is ever going to click on, is a lousy trade.

You should also know that only three links are visible, but only after the user clicks on the See More button provided.

Looking a few years ahead, this initiative could really have a heavy impact and make guide writing or any type of online reporting unprofitable for a lot of websites.

In case you didn’t know, Microsoft also stated that it is actually planning to help large businesses, along with schools and governments create their own AI chatbots, using OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology.

This means that between Microsoft’s chatbot, Google’s chatbot (BARD), and whatever other chatbots different clients will create, all the hard-gathered information online is up for grabs.

However, let’s now use faith and hope that the situation will improve in terms of the compensation companies will get after Microsoft blatantly steals their information.

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