Elon Musk Is ‘Sad’ Because Microsoft’s Bing Is Having A ‘Cinderella Moment’
After taking multiple shots at Microsoft Corporation MSFT and its co-founder Bill Gates, Elon Musk is now sad because Bing is finally becoming relevant.
What Happened: On Thursday, Dogecoin DOGE/USD co-founder Billy Markus, popularly known as Shibetoshi Nakamoto, said that Microsofts search engine, Bing, is finally becoming relevant after 13 years of being completely pointless on theback of a $10 billion investment in a company intended to be a non-profit.
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Markus was referring to Microsofts investment in OpenAI which started in 2019 and added $10 billion to the tally earlier this year.
Musk responded to his tweet and said that this entire affair makes him sad.
Makes me sad Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 29, 2023
Naturally, netizens were quick to react to this exchange; some also used OpenAIs GPT-4 to create a funny tweet.
GPT-4 compared Bing with a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Productions, saying, Goes to show that with the right funding, even the most irrelevant search can have a Cinderella moment.
pic.twitter.com/3KMMcFoNGO Udi Wertheimer (@udiWertheimer) March 29, 2023
Another user asked Bing Chat, powered by the same OpenAI technology that works behind chatGPT, about the same and received a humble yet diplomatic response.
I tried to reach out to Bing for a comment pic.twitter.com/R06XcnFget Tyler Milgate (@MilgateTyler) March 29, 2023
Why Its Important: Musk, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015,previously accused Microsoftof gaining exclusive access to the entire OpenAI codebase.
Musk also said Gates understanding of AIis limited.
Google Search and Bing have long been at loggerheads. In September last year, Googles company lawyer told the EU that the tech giant is so successful that its themost searched-for term on Bing.
Google also topped the list of top 100 Bing searches globally, followed by YouTube and Facebook.
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