Microsoft Edge’s Bing Chat is now Copilot-capable
Tech giant Microsoft is aware that we’re living in an era in which technology has the potential to power awesome advancements across every sector of our economy and society. This places the company at a historic intersection of opportunity and responsibility. Their mission has never been more important. To realize it, they must create a future that benefits everyone.
With the new Bing built into the Microsoft Edge sidebar, you can ask complex questions, find comprehensive answers, get summarized information, find inspiration to build upon all in a side-by-side view, with no need to flip between tabs. Here are more of the features:
Easily explore the web without losing your Chat
When you click citations from the sidebar, your content opens in a new tab in Edge, while keeping your Chat at the side of your screen.
Use Chat to compare options
Chat can compare products right in your sidebar, and can even create a table to help you compare.
Make decisions faster with the sidebar
While Chat can help you compare products, Shopping in the sidebar can help you get the best deal. Learn more about what the sidebar can do.
Bing Chat on Mobile
You can access Bing Chat right from the Microsoft Edge app menu, making it easier to take your chat with you, ask questions about web content, and find exactly what you’re looking for while on-the-go.
Summarize long online documents
Bing chat in the Microsoft Edge sidebar will soon be able to summarize more types of documents, including PDFs and longer website content, making it easier to consume dense content online.
To try Bing Chat, sign into Microsoft Edge and select the Bing chat icon in the browser toolbar. Feature availability and functionality may vary by device type, market, and browser version. Chat in the Edge sidebar has all the search and creative capabilities of Bing Chat and more. In the sidebar, Chat can also perform searches and answers in relation to the page you’re viewing.
Reference: Bing Chat | Microsoft Edge
The new facility was initially expected to be launched in October, but the date was postponed due to PEZA’s investment mission to South Korea. The AI Tech Academy is also an initiative being undertaken with the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines.
“Using the AI training framework, I think it’s a pioneering initiative by the Philippine government, by the Philippines in Southeast Asia,” Panga said. PEZA is also working with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority to provide grants to workers that will undergo the AI training.
Panga said Cebu was chosen as the location for the first AI Tech Academy given the available space there. Since AI is a new technology, he said the training must be conducted in person. Through the facility, the aim is to train IT workers, high-school and college students and job seekers on various AI tools and solutions to prepare the Filipino workforce for new technologies and advanced manufacturing.
StackTrek specializes in AI and programming, offering a unique combination of advanced technology integration and talent development for modern businesses. They provide scalable training programs to cultivate a skilled AI workforce, along with consultation and implementation services to reengineer business operations.
PEZA plays a crucial role in the economic development of the Philippines by managing and promoting ecozones, industrial estates, export processing zones, and free trade zones across the country. Established under the provisions of its enabling act, PEZA is tasked with creating an environment conducive to business by providing essential infrastructure and services, facilitating investments, and fostering sustainable growth.
Reference: PEZA to unveil AI Tech Academy
Wendy mentioned Intel’s tech updates for 2025 such as Intel Core Ultra (Lunar Lake for laptop and Arrow Lake for desktop) processors comprising Intel’s AI PC portfolio for 2025; Intel vPro as the no-compromise solution for business. She said that Intel delivers what modern businesses need: performance; manageability; connectivity; AI; stability; security. There is also the new Intel Xeon 6 which is the latest processor for servers bringing AI everywhere; for evolving data centers; and ecosystem ready. Xeon is the most deployed host CPU for AI accelerated systems.
Dynamic presentations and conversations capped this occasion plus some fun during the raffle draws with guests winning various prizes. But the best part was the priceless trove of knowledge imparted to valued clients for the benefit of their respective organizations.
