Microsoft adds a new feature in Microsoft

Microsoft on Tuesday began adding the Bing search engine, which it recently developed, to the Windows program, with the aim of making artificial intelligence accessible to hundreds of millions of users.

Windows 11, the latest in a series of products developed this month, shows how the Redmond, Washington-based company is moving forward in exploiting artificial intelligence.

Microsoft's operating system will include the new Bing search engine in the desktop search box, helping half a billion monthly users navigate their files and the Internet, the company said.

Microsoft added that the search engine itself is still in preview, available to more than 1 million people in 169 countries, with other countries on a waiting list.

The company unveiled its AI-powered chatbot, Bing, as it aims to wrest market share from faster-moving Google owner Alphabet with similar software for search.

Microsoft collects feedback on the Bing search engine before it is released more broadly.

There were reports that the AI-powered chatbot confessed love or made threats to some of the people who were testing the software, prompting the company to end long conversations, which it said elicited reactions it hadn't taken into account.

In addition to the new Bing, the updated Windows version will include a program that can access iPhone messages and calls, starting with a limited group of users, the company said.