Windows And Edge Browser Integration

via “edge browser deep integration for in-context chat invocation”

Microsoft announces a new version of its search engine Bing, powered by a next-generation OpenAI model. Microsoft blog, February 7, 2023.

Unique: Tightly integrates chat into the browser's rendering engine rather than as a separate sidebar or popup, enabling seamless access to page context without explicit copy-paste workflows. This is a proprietary Edge feature not available in other browsers.

vs others: More frictionless than browser extensions or separate chat windows because invocation is built into the browser UI, but locked to Microsoft Edge ecosystem, creating vendor lock-in.