Searching for ChatGPT? Bing begs you to use Copilot instead

Stop us if you've heard this before: Microsoft encourages you not to visit its competition. You may have noticed that if you visit Bing.com and then search for Google, Microsoft might remind you that it too has a search engine. More recently, Microsoft is now encouraging you to remain within its ecosystem and use Copilot instead of venturing elsewhere to Google, OpenAI, or Meta. When searching for "Claude" within Microsoft Edge -- I use Edge with Bing set at its search engine -- I tried looking up "Claude," the AI tool developed by Anthropic. While Bing dutifully returned the link as well as related information, it also reminded me that "Your Copilot is here," accompanied with a Copilot-specific search box.