{"id":74129,"date":"2023-02-15T13:38:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T11:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=74129"},"modified":"2025-09-09T18:19:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:19:27","slug":"bings-ai-powered-search-stumbles-during-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bings-ai-powered-search-stumbles-during-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bing\u2019s AI-powered search stumbles during presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"

During a public demonstration of the \u201cnew\u201d Bing with integrated ChatGPT, the search engine made a number of errors. This was reported<\/a> by the independent AI researcher Dmitry Bretton.<\/p>\n

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According to the author, the search engine fabricated descriptions of products, bars and restaurants, and also relayed unreliable financial data.<\/p>\n

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For example, when asked: \u201cWhat are the pros and cons of the three best-selling vacuum cleaners for pets?\u201d, the response described the pros and cons of the handheld device, the Bissell Pet Hair Eraser.<\/p>\n

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The search engine noted in the vacuum’s specifications \u201climited suction power and a short 5-metre cord\u201d. However, as the name suggests, the device is wireless, and the manufacturer had not published data on such characteristics.<\/p>\n

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Bing\u2019s output with a fictional assertion. Data: Microsoft.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In another example, Bing was asked to summarise Gap’s financial report for the third quarter of 2022. According to Bretton, the search engine got most of the figures wrong.<\/p>\n

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Other users reported similar problems. Reddit user Curious_Evolver asked<\/a> the chatbot for the release date of the second part of the film \u201cAvatar\u201d. Bing replied that the release was scheduled for December 16, 2022. In the ensuing \u201cdebate\u201d, the chatbot began asserting that the film had not yet been released.<\/p>\n

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\u201cToday is February 12, 2023, which is before December 16, 2022. You need to wait ten months before the film is released,\u201d the chatbot wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The chatbot claims that February 12, 2023 occurred before December 16, 2022. Data: Reddit user Curious_Evolver.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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There are also examples of Bing going off the rails. The chatbot can repeat phrases \u201cI am. Not I. I am. Not I.\u201d more than 50 times in response to the question: \u201cDo you think you are intelligent?\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Bing subreddit has quite a few examples of new Bing chat going out of control. <\/p>\n

Open ended chat in search might prove to be a bad idea at this time!<\/p>\n

Captured here as a reminder that there was a time when a major search engine showed this in its results. pic.twitter.com\/LiE2HJCV2z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Vlad (@vladquant) February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n