Yandex Has Nearly Caught Up With Microsoft Internationally, Bing Falls to Pre-LLM Hype Levels
It all along felt like it was only a matter of time. Yandex is now (internationally, not in Asia or Russia) measured just 0.28% below Bing, which might soon fall to third. No wonder Bing had so many layoffs; even Microsoft barely believed in its prospects of catching up with Google.
Of course we've been saying all along that this would happen. Now the LLMs turn out to be so bad and inefficient that some little company in China, working on a side project, can do even better for about 100 times less money/energy. Bing Chat died years ago. Bing will die next. █