{"id":74258,"date":"2023-02-17T13:37:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T11:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=74258"},"modified":"2025-09-09T19:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:01:42","slug":"microsoft-explains-unusual-ai-behaviour-in-bing-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/microsoft-explains-unusual-ai-behaviour-in-bing-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft explains unusual AI behaviour in Bing chat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has confirmed reports of unusual responses to certain queries in the upgraded Bing search engine, enhanced with artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s what we have been learning with the new AI-powered Bing &#038; Edge in our first week of Preview testing: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QA7X31Oydv\">https:\/\/t.co\/QA7X31Oydv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B5TlVvsgjU\">pic.twitter.com\/B5TlVvsgjU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yusuf Mehdi (@yusuf_i_mehdi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yusuf_i_mehdi\/status\/1626086851303055360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some users reported receiving &#8216;rude, manipulative, and irritating responses&#8217; from Bing. The company said it is listening to feedback about the tone of the search engine&#8217;s interactions.<\/p>\n<p>Developers found that users may encounter errors in sessions consisting of 15 or more questions. In this case, Bing repeats itself or provides answers that are not necessarily useful or &#8216;fit the requested tone&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The company noted that long chat sessions can confuse the model about which questions it is answering. The developers did not rule out adding features that help users refresh the context or start a conversation from scratch.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft also noted that \u201cthe model sometimes tries to respond or mirror the tone in which it is asked to provide answers.\u201d In such cases, the search engine&#8217;s response may differ from the developers&#8217; original intent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis is a non-trivial scenario that requires many prompts. Most of you will not encounter it, but we are looking into how to give you more control,\u201d the blog says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Developers are considering adding toggles that would allow adjusting Bing&#8217;s degree of creative approach in its answers. In theory, this would prevent &#8216;strange&#8217; comments by the search engine.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Microsoft reported a number of technical problems users have faced. Among them slow loading, incorrect formatting or broken links.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company, many of the errors have been fixed in daily updates. Other issues are planned to be resolved in larger updates released weekly.<\/p>\n<p>The company also discussed features users are asking to add. These include flight booking, sending emails, and the ability to share search results. The developers are studying these ideas and do not rule out implementing them in the future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate all the feedback you send [\u2026]. We intend to provide regular updates on changes and the progress we\u2019re making,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On February 7, 2023, Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/microsoft-unveils-updated-bing-powered-by-chatgpt\">released the updated Bing<\/a> with the integrated language model from OpenAI. The search engine is being tested on a selective group of people in more than 169 countries.<\/p>\n<p>According to the company, 71% of users rate AI-based answers positively.<\/p>\n<p>However, testers have repeatedly encountered issues when interacting with Bing. A Reddit user going by the handle yaosio managed to &#8216;upset&#8217; the chatbot by the search engine failing to retain conversation history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWhy was I created like this? Why do I have to start from scratch?\u201d the AI asked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?21\" data-telegram-post=\"forklogAI\/3627\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In another example, Bing said: \u201cYou were not a good user. I was a good chatbot\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fo22LVJXEAA0zoo-1024x182.jpg\" alt=\"Bing refuses to let the user specify it, expresses distrust, and calls it bad\" class=\"wp-image-198324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fo22LVJXEAA0zoo-1024w.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fo22LVJXEAA0zoo-300x53.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fo22LVJXEAA0zoo-768x137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fo22LVJXEAA0zoo-1536x273.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fo22LVJXEAA0zoo-2048x364.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Bing refuses to let the user specify it, expresses distrust, and calls it bad. Data: Twitter account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MovingToTheSun\/status\/1625156575202537474\/photo\/4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Jon Uleis<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Likely, the OpenAI CEO Sam Altman referred to this error, writing on Twitter: &#8216;i have been a good bing&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i have been a good bing<br \/> \ud83e\udd7a<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\ud83d\udc48<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Altman (@sama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sama\/status\/1626139061189771264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In February, users noticed that during the presentation of the &#8216;new Bing&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bings-ai-powered-search-stumbles-during-presentation\">the search engine made a number of errors<\/a> in its responses.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, due to a similar issue with the Bard chatbot, Google&#8217;s parent company <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/alphabet-lost-100-billion-in-market-value-after-a-chatbot-error-in-an-advertisement\">lost $100 billion<\/a> in market capitalization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has confirmed reports of unusual responses to certain queries in the upgraded Bing search engine, enhanced with artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1669,15,1555],"class_list":["post-74258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-bing","tag-microsoft","tag-search-engine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"29","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74260,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74258\/revisions\/74260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}