August 24, 2023 – In a recent development, Mikhail Parakhin, the head of Microsoft Advertising and Web Services, took to Twitter to unveil an intriguing update. A select group of Bing Chat users have been extended invitations to partake in the testing of an innovative feature known as “nosearch.”
Accompanying his tweet was an illustrative snapshot demonstrating the capabilities of this new feature. When posed with a question such as “Who is the current President of the United States?” on Bing Chat, the “nosearch” functionality adeptly disables the conventional Bing web search. Instead, it directly presents relevant results based on its pre-existing knowledge repository.
Parakhin’s tweet alluded to the selective nature of this testing phase, indicating that only a subset of users will currently have access to this option. The excitement reverberated beyond the tweet as Michael Schechter, Vice President of Microsoft Bing, reshared Parakhin’s post. Schechter conveyed their enthusiasm to introduce this long-anticipated feature to their esteemed senior users.
This innovation signifies a paradigm shift. Bing Chat users can now guide the platform to provide responses that are not solely reliant on the expansive expanse of the internet’s vast information. Instead, it crafts responses rooted in accuracy and pertinence, aligned with user preferences and inclinations. By bypassing unnecessary or inconsequential search outcomes, this advancement addresses the hassles of sifting through tangential results and offers users swift access to pivotal queries and pertinent reference data. However, the true efficacy and user experience of this feature will inevitably be molded by the forthcoming user feedback garnered during this testing phase.
