Microsoft had added a new feature to Bing, dubbed Spotlight, that shows the latest headlines and rundown of how stories have developed over time, with relevant social media posts from people around the Web.
The Spotlight feature also show diverse perspectives on any given topic so that users can quickly see a well-rounded view of the topic before deciding whether they want to go further on by clicking on the articles.
It consists of three categories: timeline that track the major developments in the story or topic, different perspectives to the news and large "hero" image that feature breaking news; while the varied perspectives and stories are made up by a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and human editors.
According to the company, the "queries and browser logs, and document signals from publishers such as how many publishers cover a story, their angles, and how prominently they feature the story on their site" are tracked in real-time by Bing.
The news sources must pass the PubHub News Guidelines, which evaluation includes: originality, transparency and readability.
Bing Spotlight aims to provide overviews to news topics that you can see right in the Bing search results when you search for major developing news stories, and it's currently available on Bing desktop and mobile web in the US.
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