In a blog post, Microsoft positions the feature as a tool for creating “very specific” visuals that can be useful when creating social media posts or creating slideshows or documents. Previously, this was possible with various tools, such as OpenAI’s DALL-E, Microsoft’s Bing image creation site, the built-in image generator in Bing Chat, etc. However, it’s now much easier to ask artificial intelligence to take a few images right in Edge in the sidebar while you’re busy doing other things online.
According to Microsoft, to use this feature, you first need to manually add it to the sidebar. To do this, you need to open the sidebar, click the “+” button, and toggle the switch next to Image Creator.