Microsoft appears to have updated the new Bing to end chats following prompts mentioning “feelings” or “Sydney”, after adding chat restrictions on February 17
but the human response is way scarier Russell Kidson / gHacks Technology News : The Problem of Other Minds: Assessing the Sentience of Chatbots like BingEric Hal Schwartz / Voicebot.ai : Microsoft Restricts Then Relaxes Eases Bing's Generative AI Chat Over 4 Days Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : Microsoft Details Prometheus, Its Bing Chat in-House Technology Jak Connor / TweakTown : Microsoft ‘neutered’ Bing Chat after its AI threatened to carry out revenge Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : New Bing AI Chat Now On Mobile With Voice Search Mastodon: Kevin Marks / @KevinMarks@xoxo.zone : @Techmeme I can see that limiting its utility as search engine if you're in South Eastern Australia Tweets: Davey Alba / @daveyalba : I chatted with Bing and found that any mention of “feelings” or “Sydney” ended the chat 😞 https://www.bloomberg.com/... @technology : “This conversation is over. Goodbye.????” https://www.bloomberg.com/... Davey Alba / @daveyalba : ok, splash of important context: these chatbots do not actually feel feelings. (yes, it has to be said.) they only generate statistically likely statements, which might look to some as though the bot were expressing feelings. (they're not.) @maxkreminski https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/... Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin : Single woman can live out the experience of asking a boyfriend about their emotions or another woman https://twitter.com/... Jason O. Gilbert / @gilbertjasono : HUGE: A.I. can now emulate a human by shutting down when you ask about its emotions https://twitter.com/... Nick Turner / @newsynick : I guess Bing AI is a dude? https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @daveyalba https://twitter.com/... James Surowiecki / @jamessurowiecki : My main feeling about these chatbots is sympathy for the fact that people are spending all day long harassing them with weird questions. https://twitter.com/...
ok, splash of important context: these chatbots do not actually feel feelings. (yes, it has to be said.) they only generate statistically likely statements, which might look to some as though the bot were expressing feelings. (they're not.) @maxkreminski https://www.bloomberg.com…
My main feeling about these chatbots is sympathy for the fact that people are spending all day long harassing them with weird questions. https://twitter.com/...
Today, new AI-powered Bing Mobile, Edge Mobile, and Skype with Bing Chat available! Now with Voice input. Welcome more than 1 million in previewing testing. https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
Thrilled to announce the launch of the new Bing on both iOS and Android and the addition of voice access. 64% of searches occur on mobile, and this means you can take the new Bing with you wherever you go. Please keep the feedback coming! https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ...
Big news, and I was wondering when Bing Chat would arrive on mobile. It's rolling out in the Bing mobile app, Edge on mobile, and even on Skype where you can add Bing Chat to the conversation. Microsoft is moving very quickly here. Great to see. https://twitter.com/...