Microsoft To Test Bing Chat Tones, Allows Longer Chat Sessions 14
Microsoft will start testing Bing Chat tones, enabling users to switch between receiving answers that are either more creative or more focused on their queries. Once the new option is available, you can choose between precise, balanced, or creative replies from Redmond's AI-powered Bing chat bot. BleepingComputer reports: We are "going to begin testing an additional option that lets you choose the tone of the Chat from more Precise -- which will focus on shorter, more search focused answers -- to Balanced, to more Creative -- which gives you longer and more chatty answers," the Bing Team said. "The goal is to give you more control on the type of chat behavior to best meet your needs."
Microsoft also says chat limits (5 chat turns per session and a total of 50 per day) that were introduced on Friday to address Bing Chat's confusing and, at times, aggressive replies have now been expanded to allow for a more "natural daily use of Bing." Starting today, the number of chat turns has been increased to six per session, to 60 chats per day. Next, Redmond plans to increase the daily cap to 100 total chats and ensure that normal searches will no longer count against the total number of chats.
Microsoft also says chat limits (5 chat turns per session and a total of 50 per day) that were introduced on Friday to address Bing Chat's confusing and, at times, aggressive replies have now been expanded to allow for a more "natural daily use of Bing." Starting today, the number of chat turns has been increased to six per session, to 60 chats per day. Next, Redmond plans to increase the daily cap to 100 total chats and ensure that normal searches will no longer count against the total number of chats.
Re: product (Score:2)
Computers never forget
They can monetize this directly (Score:2)
For a small fee have it give answers in the vein of famous personalities.
Bing tell me how to make a cheese and spagehtti sandwich in the way Thor would explain.
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I hate the current wave of customer interaction full of treacle that someone, somewhere thinks is good. I want substance, not hand-holding. I don't care if the corporation understands my pain and frustration (which they clearly, demonstrably, cannot without far, far more information than I am willing to give); I care if it is going to take action on my query. I don't want empty apologies; I want support.
So please, don't give me a chatbot. Give me answers. Give me hard information.
Ah yes - the "would you like fries with that?" style of search engine answer that has become impossible to avoid.
These days the results of any search engine query are always prefaced by "we know what you want, and what's good for you, better than you do - so just relax, and cough when we tell you to do so". I hate it too. And the sad thing is that DDG is far worse than Google when it comes to that shit. I've taken to calling it 'SSG'.
Training (Score:2)
Coming soon : celebrity AIs
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Its already kind of a thing in the world of Chess.
You can go to chess dot com and play against various celebrity (and by celebrity I'm refering to chess-celebrity) themed bots, like a magnus caleson bot, hikaru bot or "beth harmon" [the fictional chess master in The Queens Gambit] bot along with a number of novelty bots like the notorious "mittens" (a kitten themed bot thats notorious for playing a mercilessly hard game) or the slightly more idiotic Martin.
Actually I'm not sure if the magnusbot is still th
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I predicted it... after it happened, apparently
but it seems to be a logical outcome.
Putting lipstick on a pig... (Score:2, Insightful)
May make it more entertaining, but will definitely not make it more useful as a "knowledge" tool.
Destroyed a good product (Score:2)
Oh yes... (Score:2)
Whenever I'm searching for something, I want a creative answer, rather than something focused on what I'm search for.
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I found online searches to be the best during the Excite and Altavista era. It's been downhill since then. Searches only need rudimentary natural language processing, or even none.
I'd love to try one of these things, but ... (Score:2)
ChatGPT - "just give us your mobile number" - um, yeah, no.
Bing AI chat - "create and sign in with an MS account and we'll let you sign up for a waiting list" - um, yeah, no.
So for those of you afraid of AI chatbots - fear not! Apparently even the mildest of privacy precautions stop them dead in their tracks! ;)
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Need to train the adbots that "no means no".