Bing announced Monday a new way to deliver information around “impactful stories that evolve over a period of weeks or months.” Called Bing spotlight, the feature offers a broad view of select news topics by curating a rundown of how they have developed over time. This includes a round up of the latest headlines on a topic, a timeline of how a story has evolved, relevant social media posts from people close to the story and different perspectives of a story from around the web.
In the center of the spotlight section is an image carousel with the latest headlines and graphics for the news topic. On its right is a “rundown” of how the news has developed over time. Below are sections for multiple perspectives of this news topic pulled from “high-quality sources” (more on how these are selected below) and on the right are the relevant social media posts around the topic.
Here is a visual explaining the layout for Bing spotlight:
Bing explained the perspectives and stories are compiled using a combination of both AI and experienced human editors. This is powered partially by Bing intelligent search that has continued to expand over time.
Bing wrote:
Bing told Search Engine Land that this is an “evolving feature and will be evaluating new options based on customer feedback.”
This has launched in the US on desktop and mobile Bing search.
Here is another example:
