Definition Bing Copilot is a generative answering layer built on Bing's search index. It shows a summary answer, follow-up questions, and citation badges above classic SERP.
How it works The query is evaluated on the Bing index. A candidate document pool is passed to the OpenAI model. The model produces a summary answer and tags each information item with a source URL. Answers display with a numeric badge. Clicking the badge opens the related source panel. Copilot can also be triggered inside the Edge browser.
Where you see it in Scope Trends **Scope AI Search** > **Bing Copilot** tab reports citation and brand mention rate across your tracked queries. The **Crawl Access** report verifies Bingbot and Copilot bot access.
Frequently asked questions **Are Bing Copilot citations the same as ChatGPT's?** No. Bing Copilot leans on the Bing index; ChatGPT Search prefers OAI-SearchBot's index. Citation sets can differ.
**Does IndexNow speed up Copilot citations?** Yes. IndexNow notifies Bing about new or updated URLs, which enters Copilot's citation pool.