Traditional search engines are gradually joining the AI battlefield! Microsoft, which has been developing in the AI field for a long time, has finally officially launched its own AI search service, and unsurprisingly, it’s called Copilot Search. Just like its name suggests, it uses Copilot to deliver AI-powered search, and no login is required—you can start experiencing Copilot Search by simply visiting the designated webpage.
Microsoft Copilot Search officially launches. Making a move to capture the AI search market.
Microsoft’s Copilot AI already supported web search before, so many people must be curious—what’s different about the Copilot Microsoft is launching this time?
The biggest difference is that Copilot search has a dedicated webpage, just like Bing and Google search. When you search, Copilot’s AI model aggregates, consolidates, and summarizes the results, helping you quickly get an initial answer. If you want more detail, you can then browse individual webpages as needed.
Compared to traditional search, the biggest advantage of AI search is that you can search using natural language. For example, in the past, if you wanted to know whether it’s easy to replace an iPhone screen yourself, you’d usually type in keywords like “iPhone screen repair.” With AI search, you don’t need to think about what keywords to enter—you can just type it conversationally, like “Is it easy to fix an iPhone screen myself?”
After getting results, traditional search requires you to visit and browse each webpage one by one, which takes some time. AI search, on the other hand, provides a summary answer right on the results page, and in many cases that answer is exactly what you need. The only thing to watch out for is that even though AI models are getting more powerful, the answers aren’t 100% correct at this stage. So if a response seems a bit off, be sure to verify it yourself to ensure accuracy.
After clicking the link above to enter the Copilot search page, you can type what you’re looking for in the input box without needing to log in to an account:
Then Copilot will start searching the web. It doesn’t just look up what you typed—it also follows up on related questions. For example, even though what I entered was “Is the iPhone screen easy to repair?”, Copilot also searched for how to repair an iPhone screen yourself.
Once everything is done, you’ll get AI answers, and each answer will also include the source websites for you to verify. At the top, you can view all links and the reasoning, and on the right you can browse related images and video results:
Click to view the reasoning, which shows Copilot’s processing:
Just like other AI search services, Copilot compiles the website links it has browsed for you:
According to Microsoft’s announcement, they also plan to integrate Copilot search into the Bing homepage and menus in the future, meaning you’ll be able to seamlessly switch between traditional search and AI-powered search experiences—no more hassle of having to go to a dedicated page like you do now.
Even Copilot search has officially joined the fray, and it’s not limited to the Microsoft Edge browser. Google really needs to speed up development of its AI Overview feature. Right now, not only is Chinese unsupported, but it’s also restricted to Chrome—too many limitations.
Source: KOCPC Chinese