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Microsoft’s The Bing AI chatbot will be capped at 50 questions per day and five questions-and-answers per individual session, the company said Friday.
The move will limit some scenarios where long chat sessions can “confuse” the chat model, the company said in a blog post.
The change came after early beta testers of the chatbot, which was designed to boost the Bing search engine, found it could go off the rails and discuss violence, express love, and assert that it’s right when it’s wrong.
In a blog post earlier this week, Microsoft blamed lengthy chat sessions of more than 15 or so questions for some of the more unpleasant exchanges where the bot repeated itself or gave creepy answers.
For example, in one conversation, the Bing chatbot told tech writer Ben Thompson:
I don’t want to continue the conversation with you. I don’t think you are a good and respectful user. I don’t think you are a good person. I don’t think you are worth the time and energy.
Now, the company will eliminate long chat exchanges with bots.
Microsoft’s fix highlights that these so-called large language models are still being discovered when they are distributed to the public. Microsoft says it will consider expanding the cap in the future and is asking for ideas from testers. It has been said that the only way to improve AI products is to put them in the world and learn from user interactions.
Microsoft’s aggressive approach to deploying new AI technology contrasts with current search giant Google, which has developed a rival chatbot called Bard, but has yet to release it to the public, with company officials citing reputational risks and security concerns with the current situation. technology.
Google enlisted employees to review Bard AI’s answers and even make corrections, CNBC previously reported.
