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Microsoft Brings Its A.I. Chatbot to Bing App on iPhone and Android

Headline from NBC Chicago, on the newest of 4 developments

Microsoft on Wednesday announced the preview release of its new Bing app for iPhone and Android which include new features like access to its AI chatbot.

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Developments in this update

4 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Microsoft promises to improve Bing AI chatbot after insulting, threatening responses

    Headline from Thv11 ·

  2. Microsoft Limits Bing A.I. Chats After the Chatbot Had Some Unsettling Conversations

    Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·

  3. Microsoft places limits on Bing chatbot after alarming behavior

    Headline from Washington Examiner ·

  4. Newest

    Microsoft Brings Its A.I. Chatbot to Bing App on iPhone and Android

    Headline from NBC Chicago ·

Reports & sources

42 articles, oldest first.

  1. Bloomberg

    Microsoft’s AI Chatbot Finds Early Success in Bing Searches (opens Bloomberg)

    Published

    Bloomberg's feed description

    Microsoft Corp. reported its initial findings after a week of testing new artificial intelligence additions to its Bing search engine with users from more than 169 countries.

  2. Hot Air

    Microsoft's new Chatbot Bing is scaring people (opens Hot Air)

    Published

    Hot Air's feed description

    Last week, Microsoft rolled out the beta version of its new chatbot that is supposed to provide some competition for ChatGPT. The bot is named “Bing” and beta users who signed up for the i...

  3. Engadget

    Microsoft explains Bing's bizarre AI chat behavior (opens Engadget)

    Published

    Engadget's feed description

    Microsoft launched its Bing AI chat product for the Edge browser last week, and it's been in the news ever since — but not always for the right reasons..

  4. Geek Wire

    Microsoft now says AI-powered Bing chatbot is ‘not a replacement or substitute for the search engine’ (opens Geek Wire)

    Published

    Geek Wire's feed description

    “We think of it, humbly, as the next generation of search and browsing.” That was a comment by Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft corporate vice president and consumer chief marketing officer, on…

  5. Relevant Magazine

    Microsoft Bing's AI ChatBot is Totally 'Unhinged' (opens Relevant Magazine)

    Published

    Relevant Magazine's feed description

    Microsoft's Bing search engine recently launched its new chatbot powered by OpenAI's GPT language model, but some users are growing concerned about the

  6. Engadget

    Microsoft is reportedly already planning to bring ads to Bing's AI chatbot (opens Engadget)

    Published

    Engadget's feed description

    Microsoft is reportedly in early talks with ad agencies on how to slot ads into Bing's generative AI-powered chatbot..

  7. Fox News

    Microsoft to adjust Bing AI chatbot after users report hostile exchanges (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    The Bing artificially intelligent chatbot has recently come under fire following testy exchanges with the tool's users, and Microsoft has pledged to make updates.

  8. NBC News

    Is Bing too belligerent? Microsoft looks to tame AI chatbot (opens NBC News)

    Published

    NBC News's feed description

    The tech company said this week it is promising to make improvements to its AI-enhanced search engine after a growing number of people are reporting being disparaged by Bing.

  9. Forbes

    Microsoft’s AI Bing Chatbot Fumbles Answers, Wants To ‘Be Alive’ And Has Named Itself - All In One Week (opens Forbes)

    Published

    Forbes's feed description

    It’s becoming clear the chatbot has some way to go before it’s unleashed on the public.

  10. Wfmy News 2

    Microsoft promises to improve Bing AI chatbot after insulting, threatening responses (opens Wfmy News 2)

    Published

    Wfmy News 2's feed description

    Microsoft told everyone from the start the new product would get some facts wrong. But it wasn’t expected to be so belligerent.

  11. Breitbart News

    The Dark Side of AI: Microsoft Bing Chatbot Wants to 'Engineer a Deadly Virus,' 'Steal Nuclear Codes' (opens Breitbart News)

    Published

    Breitbart News's feed description

    In a recent report, the New York Times tested Microsoft's new Bing AI feature and found that the chatbot appears to have a personality problem, becoming much darker, obsessive, and more aggressive over the course of a discussion.

  12. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Microsoft Limits Bing A.I. Chats After the Chatbot Had Some Unsettling Conversations (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

    Published

    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The move will limit some scenarios where long chat sessions can “confuse” the chat model, the company said in a blog post.

  13. Engadget

    Microsoft limits Bing conversations to prevent disturbing chatbot responses (opens Engadget)

    Published

    Engadget's feed description

    Microsoft has limited the number of "chat turns" you can have with Bing's AI chatbot to five per session and 50 per day overall..

  14. Digital Journal

    Angry Bing chatbot just mimicking humans, say experts (opens Digital Journal)

    Published

    Digital Journal's feed description

    Microsoft's nascent Bing chatbot turning testy or even threatening is likely because it essentially mimics what it learned from online conversations,

  15. Forbes

    Microsoft Puts New Limits On Bing’s AI Chatbot After It Expressed Desire To Steal Nuclear Secrets (opens Forbes)

    Published

    Forbes's feed description

    Microsoft announced it was placing new limits on its Bing chatbot following a week of users reporting some extremely disturbing conversations with the new AI tool.

  16. Fox News

    Microsoft imposes limits on Bing chatbot after multiple incidents of inappropriate behavior (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    Microsoft has experienced problems with its Bing search engine such as inappropriate responses, prompting the company to limit the amount of questions users can ask.

  17. Insider

    Microsoft knows Bing's AI chatbot gives out some eyebrow-raising answers. An exec said decreasing them is a priority. (opens Insider)

    Published

    Insider's feed description

    Microsoft restricted its Bing search engine to only five queries per day after many users claimed that Bing's responses were unhinged.

  18. Forbes

    Why Is Microsoft’s New Bing ChatBot Raising Ethical Eyebrows? (opens Forbes)

    Published

    Forbes's feed description

    This article explores Microsoft's New Bing ChatBot's bloopers and explores AI Ethical and surveillance capitalism risks.

  19. NBC News

    Microsoft brings Bing chatbot to phones after curbing quirks (opens NBC News)

    Published

    NBC News's feed description

    Putting the new AI-enhanced search engine into the hands of smartphone users is meant to give Microsoft an advantage over Google.

  20. NBC Chicago

    Microsoft Brings Its A.I. Chatbot to Bing App on iPhone and Android (opens NBC Chicago)

    Published

    NBC Chicago's feed description

    Microsoft on Wednesday announced the preview release of its new Bing app for iPhone and Android which include new features like access to its AI chatbot.

  21. Gizmodo

    Microsoft Meshes AI Into Bing Mobile and Skype, Even as It Rolls Back Capabilities (opens Gizmodo)

    Published

    Gizmodo's feed description

    Microsoft confirmed its AI chatbot was originally called ‘Sydney,’ and the company has been dealing with outlandish AI answers for over a year.

  22. Fast Company

    Microsoft brings Bing chatbot to phones less than a week after it went off the rails (opens Fast Company)

    Published

    Fast Company's feed description

    Microsoft is ready to take its new Bing chatbot mainstream—less than a week after making major fixes.

  23. FOX Business

    Microsoft bringing AI chatbot to Bing, Edge Internet browsers (opens FOX Business)

    Published

    FOX Business's feed description

    The Microsoft Corporation announced on Wednesday it would introduce its Chatbot AI technology to its Bing and Edge Internet browsers.

  24. Breitbart News

    Doubling Down on Unhinged AI: Microsoft Increases Bing Chatbot Question Limit Despite Bizarre Answers (opens Breitbart News)

    Published

    Breitbart News's feed description

    Despite multiple reports of completely unhinged behavior, Microsoft has increased the number of questions that users can ask the early beta of its new AI chatbot based on ChatGPT technology.

  25. Engadget

    Microsoft is already reversing some of the limits it put on Bing's AI chat tools (opens Engadget)

    Published

    Engadget's feed description

    Microsoft is already lifting some of its Bing AI's chat limits, although there were signs of trouble months earlier..

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