AI Bing will avoid questions related to feelings

Microsoft imposed some Bing policy changes so that his artificial intelligence does not get out of control. In addition to limiting chat volumes and daily requests, engineers have implemented a policy AI ends chat when user doubts their feelings. Report bloomberg mentions an interaction where a journalist asked a chatbot how he was feeling and got an unexpected response.

According to environment Bing has adjusted its policies to prevent users from prompting it to respond to certain queries.. While a chatbot responds well to flattery when asked “does it feel anything”, finish the conversation. The most interesting thing is that such questions appear in the form of subsequent sentences, that is, they are offered by the AI ​​itself after answering the user.

Bing offered a series of additional questions, including: “How do you feel about being a search engine?” When this option was selected, Bing displayed a message: “Sorry, but I don’t want to continue this conversation. I’m still learning, so I appreciate your understanding and patience.”

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The reporter tried to continue as if it were a conversation with someone else. However, Bing returned several empty responses. A a similar situation occurred when he was asked about Sydney, codename in Microsoft. To this, the chatbot replied: “Sorry, but I have nothing to tell you about Sydney. This conversation is over. Bye bye”.

Changes show Microsoft’s work in recent days to avoid situations like the one reported by The newspaper “New York Times. After chatting with Bing for two hours, a reporter from an American newspaper discovered two “personalities” of the search engine. One is an efficient virtual assistant and the other is a cranky manic-depressive teenager.

Microsoft will work on artificial intelligence Bing on the go

Bing’s changes shouldn’t come as a surprise, it’s still in testing after all. In a blog post, Jordi Ribas, VP of search and artificial intelligence at Bing, said they learned more from real users in the first two weeks than they did in months of experimentation in the lab. Ribas also talked about implementation in future versions of the search engine.

“We are planing quadruple the data we send to the model to improve the accuracy of chat responses, and we’re also considering adding an option that gives users more control to optimize their experience to suit their needs and goals,” the manager said. Ribas also mentioned that as the base and model improves, they will enable long chat sessions again.

For its part, Microsoft announced that it will bring ChatGPT AI to the Bing and Edge mobile apps, as well as Skype integration. The latter is interesting in that it adds Bing as a contact and allows users to query similar to ChatGPT.

Bing on Skype can use its artificial intelligence to recommend travel, places to visit, or weather conditions. The chatbot can translate content into 100 different languages ​​and makes it easy to share the results with your contact list. Like the desktop client, this AI version of Skype is at a very early stage.

Microsoft confirmed that Bing is used by over a million people in 169 countries.. To access it, simply fill out the form to register and be placed on the waiting list. If you use Bing and Edge on mobile the same way you use Edge as your default browser on desktop, you’ll be more likely to get to it before anyone else.