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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman touted tools including "GPT-3.5" at the Microsoft event Tuesday in Redmond, Washington.
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said ChatGPT and GPT-3.5 are helping boost Microsoft's "new Bing" search engine.
  • The rise of OpenAI's ChatGPT bot has fueled the competition in Big Tech to boost search tools.
  • Google announced its own AI tool called "Bard," with plans for a public rollout in coming weeks.

What's under the hood of Microsoft's flashy "new Bing" search engine?

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman said that the artificial-intelligence company's megahit ChatGPT tool and GPT-3.5 are helping drive the search engine that Microsoft announced Tuesday.