If you wanted a reason to switch to Microsoft
Edge, here it is: it recently got an AI chatbot on the sidebar with GPT-4 capabilities. So now, it
doesn't matter what you're browsing through on the web; the chatbot is always there for you. Now,
for me, the best part is actually this other AI feature called Compose. I'm not a great writer,
so now I can give it some messed-up sentences, and it's going to phrase it the right way—at
least in theory. Let's take a look, starting from the beginning. Okay, so now when you open up
the Microsoft Edge browser, you are going to see a large Bing icon on the side, and when you hover
over it, it says "Discover." Discover consists of Chat, Compose, and Insights. Chat is similar to
chatting with ChatGPT, except this is based on GPT-4. You can set the tone of your responses
as well, whether you want them more balanced, more precise, so these are more factual, or more
creative, so these can be more entertaining. You can ask it what you want in this box here. So,
let's say I want to learn more about debits and credits, and I'm going to ask it, "What are
debits and credits? Explain it in simple terms." Let's see what we get. It tells us that debits
and credits are the foundation of Double Entry accounting. Debit means left, credit means right,
and we have some examples here. Debits increase the value of assets. Now, I don't really have an
example, so let me ask it for a specific example. Okay, so now we get some concrete examples. The
company purchases $1,000 worth of inventory with cash. The company's cash account is debited for
one thousand dollars, and its inventory account is credited. This also gives us the ability to test
our knowledge. We can ask it for more examples or build on this conversation by asking it about
other related topics. Now, whenever you want to change the topic, it's best that you click on
this broom icon to switch to a new topic. And now, let's ask it something else. Let's say I'm holding
a meeting with our IT department, and I want to start the meeting with an IT joke, right?
Just as an icebreaker. So, I'm going to ask, "What's a funny joke I can use to start a meeting
with IT people?" Let's see what we get. Okay, so it's giving me some examples: "Through Boomerang
a few years ago, I learned to live in constant fear," "What's the comedian's least favorite
drink?" "Yeah, no. I want to generate some other ones." It's trying to get me to start my meeting
in other ways, but no. "Give me more IT jokes." "Why do programmers prefer dark mode?
Because light attracts bugs." "Uh, yeah, because it had a virus."
I could go with this one. Now, you also get some suggested websites that you
can go and check out for more information. Let's go and check out Compose. I've actually been
using this quite a bit in the past few days. So, let's say I'm working on a document where I need
to tell my team how to properly take meeting notes, and I've created a template. I've added a
link, and I want to add some points to this. So, for example, I want them to add their
action points to the bottom of the template, and it makes it a lot easier to quickly see
what needs to be done. Now I'm not so great at structuring my sentences and writing them
in a way to get the point across really well, so I'm going to use Compose. I'll copy this, and I
want it to rephrase this. Let's just paste it in. Now you can set the tone. Do you want it to
be more professional, casual, enthusiastic, informational, or funny? You can also have
different formats. In this case, I just want to have a paragraph. I'm just asking it to rephrase
this. I'll keep the professional tone just to see what we get. We're going to generate a draft,
and it's going to generate it in the box on the bottom. Please list your tasks at the end of the
template. This helps to have a clear overview of the action items. Now, this looks great. If I want
to compare it to how it would be if it was casual, let's just switch the tone to casual, generate a
new draft, and see what we get. Please write down what you plan to do at the end of the template.
This way, we have a clear overview of the tasks at hand. Yeah, I know. I don't really want that.
Let's go with informational and see how this sounds. You have the ability to mix and match as
well. You can take parts of the sentence from the professional tone and mix in the casual tone. It's
really up to you. So, with informational, we get, "Please write down the steps you will take at the
end of the template. This helps us to have a clear overview of the tasks that are pending." Okay, so
let's say I do like this. I want to go with this version. You can select this and copy and paste
it in. You can also just immediately add it to the site. Right, so let's say I'm just going to
update this and say, "Add to site," and it adds it to my Word online document. Now, another way
you can use this is instead of rephrasing this, you can say, "Expand on this." I'm just
going to copy its own version here. We want to write a bit more about this,
so let's see what we get. I'm still in the informational tone. Let's generate a draft
and see the outcome in the preview box. Okay, so this is providing a bit more information.
This helps us to have a clear overview of tasks that are pending. For example, you can
list the actions you need to complete before submitting the template. Okay, so
let's say I'm not so happy with this. I'm going to regenerate the response. You can do
that by clicking on this button on the side. And now we end up with this version. So it even
gives us some examples we can add. "For example, you can write something like this: Review the
final draft." So this makes it a bit more clear. And let's say I do want to add this to the site.
I can add it right here. I can regenerate the response in different tones, and then I can pick
the parts that I like. So what would this look like if it was funny? "I will celebrate eating
a slice of cake. I will burn the template and dance around fire. I will send a template to
my enemies and laugh at their misery." Okay, so that's the funny AI in action. Now, in addition
to this, you have different format options like email, blog posts, and ideas. So, for example,
if you wanted to write a blog post on this, you can just put in the idea here and then click
on "Blog Post," and then choose the length of the blog post that you want to have and generate a
draft. This is going to give you a great starting point for your blog. Or, if you just want to
grab some ideas, you can use the "Ideas" format, and this will give you some bullet points
that you can build on. A few moments later. Now, let's say you need to write an email to
your teacher asking for an extra week for your thesis because you just couldn't get it done in
time. So, let's replace this with "Convince my teacher to give me an extra week to turn
in my thesis. Keep it short. No reason." Now, if I just leave it on "Funny" and select
the "Email," let's just see what we get: "I hope this email finds you well, and
you're not too busy grading papers. I'm asking for a small favor. Maybe it's because
I'm afraid of failure, maybe because I'm lazy, or maybe it's because I have too many distractions
in my life." Yeah, so this is getting a bit out of hand. You can stop generating whenever you want
to. You can also go back, or you can switch the link. So, if this is too long, you want a shorter
version, you can switch the length to "Short." "I want an extra week. I have no reason for
this request other than the fact that I'm a procrastinator, and I like to live on the
edge." Okay, yeah, so you're not going to be sending that. Let's switch the tone to
professional short email. This is going to be the version that we are going to send. Okay,
so this looks a lot better. Yeah, we like that. We might tweak it a little bit, but let's just go
ahead and add it to our email, add the subject, switch the name, and send it off to your teacher.
As you can see, there are lots of ways you can get creative with "Compose." Let me
know in the comments what you find. Last, let's check out "Insights." The contents
you see in "Insights" depends on the page that you're currently on, so it's basically
reacting to whatever you're seeing. If I change this page to this blog post that
is called "What Is Power BI?," the content here changes. Notice we have a Q&A section
highlighting some common questions asked in this blog post and adding the answers to it
based on the current page. Right, so the source is the current page. Then you have some related
videos on the bottom and some related posts. So, this is a quick way of summarizing an article that
you're reading and also finding related content. Okay, so that's the new Bing Discover on this
sidebar. We get to chat, compose, and quickly summarize web pages. Imagine the impact this has
on our day-to-day productivity. It's not just about getting our tasks done fast, but improving
the quality in the message in our writing, especially if you aren't a good writer like me.
Tell me what you think about this in the comments, what your experience has been so far, and if you
came across any funny jokes that you'd like to share, add it to the comments. It's going to
be fun reading those. Thank you for watching, thank you for being here, and I'm
going to catch you in the next video.
