Microsoft Made a Bing for AI Agents
Microsoft Made a Bing for AI Agents
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/microsoft-made-a-bing-for-ai-agents/
Publish Date: 2026-06-02 13:00:00
Source Domain: www.cnet.com
- Microsoft is forecasting a future where AI agents will manage the majority of online searches on behalf of humans.
- Microsoft introduced Web IQ, a suite of APIs designed to enhance AI agents’ ability to scrape and quickly access web information.
- Web IQ, presented at Microsoft Build, is tailored for AI systems rather than traditional human search engines.
- Unlike human-focused search engines like Bing, Web IQ presents information in a condensed format optimized for AI agents to process efficiently.
- Web IQ emphasizes high-quality results, token efficiency, and low latency, boasting response speeds under 165 milliseconds 95% of the time.
- The concept of agentic AI, which goes beyond chatbots to independently execute tasks, is gaining traction with advanced AI agents like OpenClaw.
- Microsoft asserts that Web IQ leads in search result quality, token efficiency, and latency, being 2.5 times faster than competitors.
- Web IQ APIs power Microsoft’s Copilot and have supported other systems like OpenAi’s ChatGPT, though specific names of other users remain undisclosed.
