Bing drops its waitlist, with more features still to come

Microsoft opened Bing’s AI preview on 4 May, removing the waitlist. Users still need to sign in with a Microsoft account.

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The announcement separates creating pictures from searching with them. Image Creator expands to more than 100 languages, but Microsoft says work on uploading images into chat is only beginning.

Chat history and export tools are also forthcoming. Using earlier conversations to personalize new chats remains exploratory, rather than an announced memory feature.

Third-party plugins, including planned OpenTable reservations, come later. The wider access therefore opens the existing preview; it doesn’t make every demonstrated capability available today.