Microsoft released Web IQ, a new suite of APIs designed as a search service for artificial intelligence agents. The service uses the Bing search engine to provide AI systems with real-world information, including pages, news, images, and videos.
Engineers re-architected the service to deliver data more efficiently and compactly than traditional human-centric search engines. Web IQ addresses the trend of AI agents performing online searches on behalf of users.
Prominent platforms including Microsoft Copilot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT already use the service to ground responses in timely web data. This launch positions Bing as a foundational component for Microsoft’s agentic era strategy.