Microsoft again bothers Chrome users with Bing popup ads in Windows
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Microsoft is displaying a one-time Windows desktop popup to Chrome users promoting Bing and GPT-4 Bing Chat, which, if accepted, installs the “Microsoft Bing Search for Chrome” extension and sets Bing as the default search engine; Chrome then prompts users to confirm the change. Some users mistook the pixelated ad for malware, but Microsoft confirmed its legitimacy. The article frames this as part of the ongoing competitive advertising tactics between Microsoft and Google.
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