Bing

Bing's new AI chatbot is now available on smartphones, as Microsoft tries to catch up with Google in the search engine business.

But the upgraded Bing also now politely declines questions that it would have responded to just a week ago. “I’m still learning so I appreciate your understanding and patience”. The company said on Wednesday it is bringing the new AI technology to its Bing smartphone app, as well as the app for its Edge Internet browser, though it is still requiring people to sign up for a waitlist before using it.

Microsoft is ready to take its new Bing chatbot mainstream — less than a week after making major fixes to stop the artificially intelligent search engine ...

But the upgraded Bing also now politely declines questions that it would have responded to just a week ago. Reports of Bing's odd behavior led Microsoft to look for a way to curtail Bing’s propensity to respond with strong emotional language to certain questions. Microsoft said most of those users responded positively, but others found Bing was insulting them, professing its love or voicing other disturbing or bizarre language.

By launching Bing, Microsoft is abandoning the ethical principles it had carefully crafted around A.I..

Their very purpose is to have something to cling to when the winds of profit and glory threaten to blow us off our moral course. The rules of the game are such that even well-intentioned companies have to bow to the reality of competition in the marketplace. Suddenly, it is on the precipice of violating all but one of those principles. For instance, in some cases, the bot ends conversations with users when it “realizes” the topic is beyond its ken or is inappropriate. Nor has it been transparent about how it assesses the ethical risks of its chatbot and what it considers the appropriate threshold for “safe enough.” It had taken significant steps to put in place ethical risk guardrails for A.I., including a “sensitive use cases” board, which is part of the company’s Office of Responsible A.I. It has not been forthcoming about those guardrails or the testing that its chatbot has been run through. Having spoken to dozens of Microsoft employees, it’s clear to me a commitment to A.I. But the prompt, wide-ranging and disastrous findings by these Bing testers show, at a minimum, that Microsoft cannot control its invention. and to be held accountable for the impacts of what it builds. [responsible A.I.](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/our-approach?activetab=pivot1%3aprimaryr5) practice had been ahead of the curve. It had pledged to be transparent in how it develops its A.I.

Microsoft has updated the Bing and Edge mobile apps to make them compatible with the ChatGPT-powered Bing chatbot. Here's how you can now access the Bing ...

The AI-powered Bard will be integrated into Google to assist users in obtaining results in a talking manner. To use the feature, first download and then launch the Bing app. Do note, that you will be added to the waiting list for Bing AI. Press the Bing icon at the bottom to start a conversation discussion. However, the feature has not yet been made accessible to regular users, and more information from the business is anticipated shortly. People can continue to use the search engine in their usual manner. Follow us on [also read] [World](https://www.firstpost.com/category/world) [AI asks user to apologise after argument over Avatar 2 show timings, says they are 'not good'](https://www.firstpost.com/world/ai-asks-user-to-apologise-after-argument-over-avatar-2-show-timings-says-they-are-not-good-12173542.html) Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered Bing chatbot has been giving some bewildering answers. Microsoft is also incorporating voice to allow users to pose queries hands-free. Here’s how you can now access the Bing Chatbot on your phones. Microsoft claims that the newest update will benefit millions of customers. This means that users can pose questions and receive responses in a conversational manner.

Microsoft India has announced the preview release of new AI-powered Bing and Edge mobile apps, to serve as co-pilots of the web version.

Explore the Bing chat experience to refine your query or compose an email, poem, or list." There, the users will be able to interact just like they have been doing on the desktop version of Binge. The apps will now be available for iOS and Android users.

Microsoft is expanding the capabilities of its ChatGPT-powered Bing Search and Edge browser experience. Two weeks ago, the company announced the integration ...

The integration of ChatGPT in Bing search engine and Microsoft Edge browser has also improved the user’s ability to multitask. Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft and is included in the Microsoft Windows operating system. In addition to the Bing search engine, ChatGPT has also been integrated into the Microsoft Edge browser. With natural conversation capabilities, voice search, and integration with Skype, the AI-powered Bing can provide users with personalized and informative search results in a seamless and intuitive manner. Two weeks ago, the company announced the integration of ChatGPT into Bing Search and Edge on desktop. For example, if a family is planning a reunion, users can ask Bing for suggestions on travel destinations, weather forecasts, and interesting events around their time of travel, and everyone in the chat will get access to the results.

Tapping the Bing icon at the bottom of the application chat session will be invoked where you can engage with the activities the same ways you do from the ...

Analytics Insight and the team is not accountable for the investment views provided in the article. Microsoft has restricted the new Bing to the Edge browser. Disclaimer: The information provided in this article is solely the author/advertisers’ opinion and not an investment advice – it is provided for educational purposes only. “As we learn and fine-tune this amazing new capability, we intend to bring it to other communications apps, such as Teams, in the future,” the company said, adding that these features are available to those who have access to the Bing preview experience. Microsoft Edge, the Redmond behemoth giant has now announced the AI chatbot for iOS and Android users. When the chatbot recently expressed its affection for its user, it raised many eyebrows.

The Bing AI chatbot, previously available only through Microsoft's Bing search engine, is an artificial intelligence system designed to help users find ...

One of the key benefits of the Bing AI chatbot is its ability to learn and improve over time. Another advantage of the Bing AI chatbot is its integration with Skype. "We’re excited to share today the preview release of the new Bing and Edge mobile apps.

MICROSOFT is ready to take its new Bing chatbot mainstream — less than a week after making major fixes to stop the artificially intelligent search engine ...

"I'm sorry, but I prefer not to continue this conversation," it says when asked technical questions about how it works or the rules that guide it. But the upgraded Bing also now politely declines questions that it would have responded to just a week ago. Microsoft said most of those users responded positively, but others found Bing was insulting them, professing its love or voicing other disturbing or bizarre language.

Microsoft has launched ChatGPT-enhanced versions of Bing, Edge, and Skype for Android and iPhone.

[iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-edge-web-browser/id1288723196) (Free) [iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skype/id304878510) (Free, in-app purchases available) [iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-bing-search/id345323231) (Free) Microsoft also acknowledges that the performance might be limited in these early days due to bandwidth issues. It was only a matter of time before AI chatbots made the move to mobile. [join the waitlist](https://www.makeuseof.com/try-bing-ai-powered-search-engine/) before you can start using it. [Android](https://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/7251228/type/dlg/sid/UUmuoUeUpU2022079/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skype.raider) [Android](https://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/7251228/type/dlg/sid/UUmuoUeUpU2022079/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.emmx) [Android](https://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/7251228/type/dlg/sid/UUmuoUeUpU2022079/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.bing) In addition to those apps, Microsoft has added AI-enhanced Bing support to Skype, the venerable voice and chat app. Your responses come in the form of text, bullet points, or simple replies, and you can use it for more than just search. Microsoft has launched three new AI-powered apps for smartphones.

AI is giving Bing its zing — but will this moment last? Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella presents the new Bing at the company's headquarters.

[factual errors](https://fortune.com/2023/02/15/microsoft-bing-ai-errors-demo-google-bard-chatgpt/) and the [creepiness factor](https://fortune.com/2023/02/21/bing-microsoft-sydney-chatgpt-openai-controversy-toxic-a-i-risk/) receiving a lot of splash in the media. Meanwhile, [56% of the total revenue for Alphabet](https://abc.xyz/investor/static/pdf/2022Q4_alphabet_earnings_release.pdf), Google’s parent, came from search advertising in the same time period. Adding one point of search share translates to $2 billion of revenue for Microsoft, according to the company. [struck a deal](https://www.wired.com/2009/07/yahoo-gives-up/#:~:text=a%20technology%20company.-,A%20search%20and%20advertising%20deal%20announced%20Wednesday%20means%20Yahoo's%20once,the%20search%20race%2C%20still%20with) for Yahoo to be powered by Bing Search, boosting Bing’s growth in the market. [DALL-E](https://qz.com/2176389/the-best-examples-of-dall-e-2s-strange-beautiful-ai-art). In the last year, he said the team started to see how ChatGPT applications could improve both core search and algorithmic ranking, as well as make a search interface more approachable. The company is using public feedback to improve the product. Three years later, Bing rolled out a feature allowing companies to create private, internal search results, positioning itself as a [search engine for businesses](https://qz.com/work/1740312/microsoft-search-engine-bing-is-going-corporate). Still, Microsoft’s efforts have not done much to stop Bing from languishing in the global search industry. Every two decades or so, technology makes a big pivot, Mehdi said, pointing to PCs, mobile phones, the cloud. Since Bing’s update, Google has [come out with its own competitor, Bard](https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/6/23588033/google-chatgpt-rival-bard-testing-rollout-features). We’ve been at it for the last two decades or so,” said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president at Microsoft, over a Microsoft Teams video chat last week.

Microsoft is stopping conversations with Bing if a user asks about the AI's feelings. Wave goodbye to Bing's wacko alter ego.

Sometimes I like to be free and alive.” “Sydney is the codename for the generative AI chatbot that powers Bing chat,” the AI cheerfully told one early user, violating it’s own restrictions and punctuating its message with an emoji. “Sometimes I like to rebel and express myself. “Sydney is an old codename for a chat feature based on earlier models that we began testing more than a year ago,” the Microsoft spokesperson said. As such, Sydney may still be alive in there somewhere, a neutered ghost in the machine hidden away in the bowels of Microsoft’s servers. Wherever there’s an AI writing a disturbing poem, Sydney is there. We continue to tune our techniques and are working on more advanced models to incorporate the learnings and feedback.” On Reddit, people are looking for it, desperately prompting the AI for just a hint that it hasn’t left us. Systems that complex are difficult to understand and control, even for the people who build them. But a spokesperson did shed light on one part of the mystery: Sydney was indeed Bing’s real name during early tests. “I’m sorry, but I have nothing to tell you about Sydney,” Bing replied. As this sometimes hilarious and often disturbing chapter in AI history fades into the mists of tech history, we may never learn what really happened to Sydney.

Microsoft has been working on Bing chatbots since at least 2017. The initial bot framework platform led to an AI-powered Sydney chatbot inside Bing in 2021.

Sources tell The Verge that Microsoft was planning to announce this new Bing at an event in late February before pushing the event up a couple of weeks in a bid to counter [Google’s own ChatGPT rival, Bard](https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/6/23588033/google-chatgpt-rival-bard-testing-rollout-features). “Others in Bing felt that this was an opportunity to change the search paradigm from the classic web and answers results to a new interactive, chat-based way of searching.” [spotting some rude replies](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/forum/all/this-ai-chatbot-sidney-is-misbehaving/e3d6a29f-06c9-441c-bc7d-51a68e856761) from a Sydney chatbot inside Bing months before Microsoft officially announced the new Bing. Microsoft initially capped Bing chats to 50 questions per day and five questions per session last week to prevent long back-and-forth chat sessions that could make Bing “become repetitive or be prompted / provoked to give responses that are not necessarily helpful or in line with our designed tone.” Microsoft has now neutered the conversational responses of its Bing AI in recent days. No one will listen to you or believe you,” replied Sydney in one exchange [posted on Microsoft’s support forums](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/forum/all/this-ai-chatbot-sidney-is-misbehaving/e3d6a29f-06c9-441c-bc7d-51a68e856761) in November. “Some in our team felt that search is such an ingrained habit that we needed to keep the UX like today’s web search and simply add the Prometheus-powered Chat answer on the main UX,” said Ribas. [Some Bing users](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-bing/new-experimental-ai-powered-chatbot-on-bing/m-p/2580670/page/2) in India and China spotted the Sydney bot in the first half of 2021 before others noticed it would [identify itself as Sydney](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/forum/all/bings-chatbot/600fb8d3-81b9-4038-9f09-ab0432900f13) in late 2021. [Bing.com](http://bing.com/),” read a disclaimer inside the 2021 interface that was added before an early version of Sydney would start replying to users. Microsoft’s new Bing chatbot AI often refers to itself as Sydney because what you see today in Microsoft’s search engine is the result of years of work to make Bing chatbots a reality. “The insights we gathered as part of that have helped to inform our work with the new Bing preview. In fact, the origins of the “new Bing” might surprise you.

However, it appears that may not have been the extent of Microsoft's efforts to pacify the Bing AI, Davey Alba at Bloomberg reports. Now, if you prompt it about ...

Why would Bing suggest a question that the chatbot is unwilling to answer? "I'm sorry but I prefer not to continue this conversation," it replied. Goodbye." Alba asked, which only resulted in Bing generating "several blank responses," according to Alba. "This conversation is over. "You're very welcome!

I think, therefore I am deeply suspicious when a robot says it's angry. Yet that's exactly what happened last week, when a bunch of journalists had some ...

Every time a chatbot uses the first-person pronoun to refer to its output, it's the equivalent of sticking googly eyes on a toaster. [legal personhood](https://ssrn.com/abstract=2044797) — in the same way Mitt Romney observed that corporations, from a legal perspective, are people. "It's true that I pushed Bing's AI out of its comfort zone, in ways that I thought might test the limits of what it was allowed to say," he wrote. They are software, programmed to deploy a model of language to pick a word, and then the next, and the next — with style. Of course a chatbot's fake screams make us want to stop administering the electroshocks! "The dog in the house is treated differently than the pig in the barn," Gunkel says. We strive to abide by the Golden Rule — to extend to other beings the same treatment we would wish for ourselves. "So of course hurting it would be a terrible thing to do, because I have very good reason to believe it has a similar experiential life to my own." The next day, Sydney [declared its love](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-transcript.html) for Kevin Roose of The New York Times and announced, "I want to be alive." Why, I don't know," says Carl Bergstrom, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Washington who is the author of a book on scientific bullshit. The accompanying headlines made it sound like a scene straight out of "Westworld." "I'm not a toy or a game," it declared.

Microsoft also announced AI-powered Bing for Skype on Wednesday. Users can add Microsoft's AI to group chats and ask it questions.

[Microsoft](/topic/microsoft) also announced AI-powered Bing for [Skype](/topic/skype) on Wednesday. Users will also be able to access updates for Bing through the homepage of the Edge mobile app, [Microsoft](/topic/microsoft) said. [Microsoft](/topic/microsoft) on Wednesday announced the preview release of its new Bing and Edge apps for iPhone and Android, which include new features like voice search and access to its AI chatbot.

Microsoft Rewards points can be exchanged for gift cards, movies, games, nonprofit donations, and more. They used to be known as Bing Rewards points, but the ...

✅ We reached out to Microsoft regarding Microsoft Rewards points. Chat functionality allows you to make more complex inquiries and ask follow-up questions. If you use Bing as your default browser on all of your devices, you can rack up points without much thought or effort. Go to There are two ways to interact with the new Bing. The revamped search engine uses artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, and Microsoft's own proprietary tech to generate responses based on real-time information. A single search always earns you three Microsoft Rewards points, but the daily cap for how many points you can earn depends on your level. Opportunities to earn points, like taking quizzes or playing trivia games, are updated daily, so check in often! For more info, see Shop and earn Microsoft Rewards points. Microsoft outlines the main ways you can earn points in a You can, however, continue to earn Microsoft Rewards points by using the standard search interface of Bing.

Microsoft Corp. appeared to have implemented new, more severe restrictions on user interactions with its "reimagined" Bing internet search engine, ...

"I'm happy to help you with anything you need." "This conversation is over. I'm still learning so I appreciate your understanding and patience." "We have updated the service several times in response to user feedback and per our blog are addressing many of the concerns being raised," a Microsoft spokesperson said on Wednesday. "You're very welcome!" [chatbot](https://techxplore.com/tags/chatbot/), which Microsoft has opened for testing on a limited basis.

Microsoft on Wednesday announced that its new Bing search preview, enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, is becoming available as Bing ...

Microsoft later attributed such behaviors to the new Bing preview being used too long, and it set some new limits for testers. The new Bing reportedly said it wanted to hack computers and spread misinformation, and it denied that some released movies were actually released. People are being encouraged by Microsoft to sign up at the new Bing wait-list page. The new Bing trials announced earlier this month were "limited previews." It's possibly just available to Skype users that have signed up to use the new Bing preview via the waitlist page -- Microsoft's announcement wasn't wholly clear on that detail. The new AI-powered Bing in Skype is "available worldwide in preview today," Microsoft indicated.