The new AI of Microsoft‘s search engine, Bing, is proving to be quite a success, although it has quickly become embroiled in controversy. The AI-powered chatbot, which can be used through the Microsoft Edge browser, had a rather bumpy launch, and it has recently come to light that Microsoft intends to insert advertising into the conversations we have with the AI.
On top of this, Microsoft recently had to restrict interactions with the chatbot after it started giving somewhat “out of place” responses (going as far as insulting users or even offering porn) and users found ways to expose some of the AI’s hidden rules.
But it seems that Microsoft has had second thoughts and will relax the restrictions in order to test a new option. When starting a conversation with the chatbot, the user will be given the possibility to choose the tone they will maintain with the AI. The three options are Precise, which will give more focused and brief answers; Creative, with longer and more eloquent answers; and Balanced, which will be a middle ground between the previous two.
Microsoft is thus undoing the new rules it established last Friday, which limited the number of interactions users could have to 5 requests per session and a maximum of 50 chats per day. This was initially because long sessions caused Bing to “become repetitive or be prompted/provoked to give answers that are not necessarily helpful or in keeping with the tone we have designed,” according to Microsoft.
After undoing the changes, Microsoft has raised the limit to 6 requests per session, and a maximum of 60 chats per day. According to the company’s blog, its intention is to increase the daily maximum to 100 chats, as well as to allow searches that do not count towards the total number of chats.
