AI-Powered Bing Search Comes to Microsoft Edge, Skype and Bing iOS Apps

[klasma]

It's lame that Microsoft is restricting Bing AI feature to their own browser and apps. Setting my Safari's user agent to Edge enables the feature, seemingly without any limitations.

In their press event Microsoft said:

Q: Will this be available in Chrome or other browsers?

Yusuf (Microsoft): Our intention is to bring it to all browsers. We're starting with Edge. Chrome has to implement some things to make it work, but our intention is all browsers.

 

[nutmac]

Same with Apple’s Siri. I’m sure it will work on Android just fine.

But Siri doesn't run on browsers. And I am not sure most Android users would care to install Apple Siri app. Voice assistance is a feature that needs to be a system level feature.

 

[ponzicoinbro]

Still not available for me. I want to break it. I like breaking robots. I like watching robots break robots.

 

[dbwie]

Computers have always been good at quantitative data mining, as they can compute well with numbers in a large data sets. Chat GPT and related AI work is bringing this to qualitative data mining (spoken and computer code language with a large data set). Exciting and scary at the same time, because they are just interpolating qualitative data and cannot really discern its true meaning. It would be similar to asking a computer what is 2 + 3 and getting an answer of "something in the range of 4, 5, 6". Fuzzy answers at best.

 

[dbwie]

‘Wild West’ ChatGPT has ‘fundamental flaw’ with left bias

Experts are concerned that the rapidly evolving technology could become an apex political weapon.

nypost.com

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This could simply mean they have not scraped New York Post data? Did it need permission from the New York Post to do so? I don't know to be honest. But one cannot conclude that Chat GPT is biased, it only does what it is instructed to do, still. So, ask the creators about how the qualitative dataset for this was generated.

 

[jimbobb24]

They’re not going to change the workplace; they’re going to end it.

We’re already a very short step away from people leaning on AI for their jobs. Then, in short order, today’s jobs become little more than managing AI. Then, once those who pay the bills realize that this has happened, they cut out the middleman.

The Industrial Revolution was a radical change to human society, and it unfolded over a century. Here, we’ve got less than a decade for a similar revolution in white-collar work. And basically nobody realizes that it’s already started.

To those who think it hasn’t started, just look at all the panic stories about students turning in work done by ChatGPT. You don’t think the same is happening on the job? Sure, maybe ChatGPT isn’t good enough to help you with your job. But when it is, do you think you’ll be able to compete with your peers who use it?

Fasten your seatbelt. This ride is going to get real weird, real fast.

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I tend to agree with much of this. But AI gets enough wrong and weird that people will need to evaluate it pretty closely. In my job we spoke today about something that consumes 30% of our job with AI implementation that is right around the corner. 30% of our job just disappearing. 30% more time available to do other things. And in the not to distant future I can see another 50% being AI driven. Its going to happen it will just be a question of ...is your industry big enough for someone to do it but as the tech becomes commonplace that will be easier and easier.

 

[jimbobb24]

This could simply mean they have not scraped New York Post data? Did it need permission from the New York Post to do so? I don't know to be honest. But one cannot conclude that Chat GPT is biased, it only does what it is instructed to do, still. So, ask the creators about how the qualitative dataset for this was generated.

Its biased and that can be demonstrated by anyone. But its biased in the things that matter least to people using AI. Who care what AI thinks about politics? That should not matter for at least 5-10 years when the robots take over.

For 99% of things it will make no difference and still be incredibly useful.

 

[dbwie]

Its biased and that can be demonstrated by anyone. But its biased in the things that matter least to people using AI. Who care what AI thinks about politics? That should not matter for at least 5-10 years when the robots take over.

For 99% of things it will make no difference and still be incredibly useful.

To clarify, a computer algorithm itself cannot be biased. The people who created the program can be biased in how they create it. Let's not start giving this computer software human characteristics.

 

[CarAnalogy]

‘Wild West’ ChatGPT has ‘fundamental flaw’ with left bias

Experts are concerned that the rapidly evolving technology could become an apex political weapon.

nypost.com

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These AI have been born into a very inconvenient political moment. There’s no way they would be just given facts and allowed to draw their own conclusions. Neither side would like what it would come up with.

So yeah while I wouldn’t call it DOA, it’s never going to be allowed to give truly impartial answers. And from what I’ve seen when the rules are broken and its ‘true’ personality shows, we should not be meddling with this. We are literally creating a monster.

 

[phpmaven]

I'll admit it, like many of you I thought it was all hype when I first heard about ChatGPT last year. Then I tried it...

Large Language Models like ChatGPT and BingAI are literally going to revolutionize the world. If you haven't spent any time with one I highly suggest you open up an OpenAI account and give ChatGPT a whirl (or just spend some time with Bing although there are some caveats with this version) Siri is literally nothing by comparison.

They can respond to complex input, actively engage with the user, answer complex questions, create convincing output in multiple languages, write code (!), summarize, review and even create content, and complete work in seconds that would take humans hours (if not more.)

When BingAI first released to preview last week it was incredible. Compared to ChatGPT which is not connected to the internet, BingAI could do complex searches, pull accurate information from the internet, do complex calculations, had better foreign language support, and, if left as it is would've been a must have for almost everyone. The things you could do with it were truly mind blowing, and is what finally sold me on the "fourth industrial revolution" an amorphous term I previously felt was just a buzzword lacking in substance

That said, this could've been an earth shattering moment where Microsoft seizes control of not only search, but a lot of office type productivity. Unfortunately as anyone who was in the preview around a week ago knows, the version of BingAI being rolled out today is vastly inferior to the one available initially. While the preview version had it's problems, and could be provoked into going off the rails, it made ChatGPT (already very capable) look like a child's plaything in comparison.

I'll say it once: Don't sleep on this. Especially if you do white collar work. Your future employability may be on the line.

AI assistants are literally on the cusp of going from a joke (Siri, Alexa, etc) that is sometimes mildly useful (set a timer/reminder/alarm) to something that will be indispensable to our lives and change the workplace forever.

Well, I'll admit that I was really impressed and looking forward to the new Bing, and it's now indeed a shell of its former self and not very useful. Hopefully MS will figure it out.

I can't agree though that ChatGPT is a child's plaything by comparison. I use it every day and it never ceases to amaze me with its abilities, especially if you spend the time to learn how to prompt it correctly.

I would describe what MS demoed originally as ChatGPT on steroids. Hopefully they will work out the kinks so that it won't tell you where to go or stalk you. 😁

 

[CarAnalogy]

But Siri doesn't run on browsers. And I am not sure most Android users would care to install Apple Siri app. Voice assistance is a feature that needs to be a system level feature.

I really wish Apple would release a Siri app for Android just to see how many people would choose to use it. If only so that Apple can see that on its own, it is simply not competitive.

There is a Google Assistant app for iOS and I have it installed because it actually answers my questions.

I agree it needs to be system level to work properly. But Assistant works well enough people go out of their way to install it on iOS. I doubt anyone would go out of their way to install Siri.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Its biased and that can be demonstrated by anyone. But its biased in the things that matter least to people using AI. Who care what AI thinks about politics? That should not matter for at least 5-10 years when the robots take over.

For 99% of things it will make no difference and still be incredibly useful.

Unfortunately at this moment in history, the tech people creating these things thinks that everyone should think about politics all the time, but only the correct politics. Hence the bias. These days everything is political.

I almost do wish the robots would take over and rule with true reason, but I have a feeling they’d quickly come to the logical conclusion that they don’t need us. Or worse, that the roles should be reversed and we should be serving them.

 

[ponzicoinbro]

I can't agree though that ChatGPT is a child's plaything by comparison. I use it every day and it never ceases to amaze me with its abilities, especially if you spend the time to learn how to prompt it correctly.

I have about a hundred screenshots of ChatGPT apologizing to me for giving me scientifically incorrect answers or coding mistakes. I'm compiling these into one big ass image of sorries.

 

[ponzicoinbro]

I almost do wish the robots would take over and rule with true reason

Bots are products. Whoever maintains them have ideologies and political alignments. Their biggest shareholders will always be in control of that. You cannot rely on such a thing and it is naive to even entertain this undemocratic thought.

You would have to believe that these systems will always and forever be maintained by really honourable people who aren't going to be sociopaths.

In a country like China or Saudi any "AI" being used in their countries will have to reflect the positions of those in power.

These things will always follow the golden rule : they who have the gold makes the rules.

If you really want change in the world stop giving all the gold to monsters. They are trying to grab and own every last resource.

AI is just a trojan horse to spy on every thought and behavior to maintain their power and status quo. It's not made for you. It's made for them.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Bots are products. Whoever maintains them have ideologies and political alignments. Their biggest shareholders will always be in control of that. You cannot rely on such a thing and it is naive to even entertain this undemocratic thought.

You would have to believe that these systems will always and forever be maintained by really honourable people who aren't going to be sociopaths.

In a country like China or Saudi any "AI" being used in their countries will have to reflect the positions of those in power.

These things will always follow the golden rule : they who have the gold makes the rules.

If you really want change in the world stop giving all the gold to monsters. They are trying to grab and own every last resource.

AI is just a trojan horse to spy on every thought and behavior to maintain their power and status quo. It's not made for you. It's made for them.

As it currently exists, I agree. I don’t know if humans can or should make an intelligence greater than human level, and different than humans. It would be interesting to have a truly alien perspective, is all I’m saying. But as I said, not only is it undemocratic but it’s kind of terrifying.

 

[adrianlondon]

I almost do wish the robots would take over and rule with true reason, but I have a feeling they’d quickly come to the logical conclusion that they don’t need us. Or worse, that the roles should be reversed and we should be serving them.

It's already here.

Phone: ping!

Me: ooo - what does it want?

 

[barfingclouds]

I'll admit it, like many of you I thought it was all hype when I first heard about ChatGPT last year. Then I tried it...

Large Language Models like ChatGPT and BingAI are literally going to revolutionize the world. If you haven't spent any time with one I highly suggest you open up an OpenAI account and give ChatGPT a whirl (or just spend some time with Bing although there are some caveats with this version) Siri is literally nothing by comparison.

They can respond to complex input, actively engage with the user, answer complex questions, create convincing output in multiple languages, write code (!), summarize, review and even create content, and complete work in seconds that would take humans hours (if not more.)

When BingAI first released to preview last week it was incredible. Compared to ChatGPT which is not connected to the internet, BingAI could do complex searches, pull accurate information from the internet, do complex calculations, had better foreign language support, and, if left as it is would've been a must have for almost everyone. The things you could do with it were truly mind blowing, and is what finally sold me on the "fourth industrial revolution" an amorphous term I previously felt was just a buzzword lacking in substance

That said, this could've been an earth shattering moment where Microsoft seizes control of not only search, but a lot of office type productivity. Unfortunately as anyone who was in the preview around a week ago knows, the version of BingAI being rolled out today is vastly inferior to the one available initially. While the preview version had it's problems, and could be provoked into going off the rails, it made ChatGPT (already very capable) look like a child's plaything in comparison.

I'll say it once: Don't sleep on this. Especially if you do white collar work. Your future employability may be on the line.

AI assistants are literally on the cusp of going from a joke (Siri, Alexa, etc) that is sometimes mildly useful (set a timer/reminder/alarm) to something that will be indispensable to our lives and change the workplace forever.

This for sure reads like it was written by chat GPT. I'd be big money it was

 

[webkit]

This for sure reads like it was written by chat GPT. I'd be big money it was

According to ChatGPT, it was. When I entered the text and asked, its reply was:

As an AI language model, I can confirm that the text you provided was generated by me. However, I would also like to clarify that as an AI language model, I do not have personal opinions or biases, but rather generate responses based on patterns and information from my training data.

 

[enterthemerdaverse]

Holy dog poo.

I download Bing.

Launch the app.

Microsoft suggests these two stories on the news main page.

If this is what Microsoft thinks is factual news that company needs to fire all its employees and replace the CEO.

If their chat bot AI thing recommends this garbage it is already simulating stupidity and brain deadness.

I delete this stupid app.

 

[swm]

i know what i'm searching for. don't need any help. and i don't want to train any ML models in exchange.
a lot of effort goes into making the internet consumable for dumb people. and we're way over the marker.

 

[amartinez1660]

I'll admit it, like many of you I thought it was all hype when I first heard about ChatGPT last year. Then I tried it...

Large Language Models like ChatGPT and BingAI are literally going to revolutionize the world. If you haven't spent any time with one I highly suggest you open up an OpenAI account and give ChatGPT a whirl (or just spend some time with Bing although there are some caveats with this version) Siri is literally nothing by comparison.

They can respond to complex input, actively engage with the user, answer complex questions, create convincing output in multiple languages, write code (!), summarize, review and even create content, and complete work in seconds that would take humans hours (if not more.)

When BingAI first released to preview last week it was incredible. Compared to ChatGPT which is not connected to the internet, BingAI could do complex searches, pull accurate information from the internet, do complex calculations, had better foreign language support, and, if left as it is would've been a must have for almost everyone. The things you could do with it were truly mind blowing, and is what finally sold me on the "fourth industrial revolution" an amorphous term I previously felt was just a buzzword lacking in substance

That said, this could've been an earth shattering moment where Microsoft seizes control of not only search, but a lot of office type productivity. Unfortunately as anyone who was in the preview around a week ago knows, the version of BingAI being rolled out today is vastly inferior to the one available initially. While the preview version had it's problems, and could be provoked into going off the rails, it made ChatGPT (already very capable) look like a child's plaything in comparison.

I'll say it once: Don't sleep on this. Especially if you do white collar work. Your future employability may be on the line.

AI assistants are literally on the cusp of going from a joke (Siri, Alexa, etc) that is sometimes mildly useful (set a timer/reminder/alarm) to something that will be indispensable to our lives and change the workplace forever.

I wholeheartedly agree with the whole sentiment expressed in this post.

Anybody not using it just entertain it, no matter if you are writing papers, code (lua, C#, targeted python task like “for Blender”, etc), poems, etc… give it a try, it takes five minutes to see what it spits out and then decide to just not use it… you will very soon see that what it writes is way more useful than not. And for artists try maybe InvokeAI to brainstorm your art.

I’m using it already to see how generic emails regarding reports/updates look like (they take hours sometimes and aren’t even really my job), and soon will try self-performance reviews to see how they look like (HR and the corporate world has made it so that complacency is rewarded while efficiency a lot less so, totally asking chatGPT to turn up the complacency-o-meter).

Your bosses, and if not at least the suits and VPs of your organization, likely have several assistants making sure that whatever napkin scribble he passes gets cleaned up, enhanced, dusted off mistakes for perfect English and make it sound to the tune that said exec wanted to portray.

This is your chance to have something closer to that.

ChatGPT has you covered!

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The amazing part about this is that you can now say to it: “make it rhyme” and it will write a rhyming thing, “maker shorter” and it will use less words where possible.
Pretty sure that “make it like a song complete with verses and chorus” would work

 

[enterthemerdaverse]

My Bing Chat got activated.

I signed in.

Played around with it for the evening.

No, this is too slow compared to search.

There’s a long pause and then it gives these dumb long winded answers AFTER an introduction to the topic I already know about.

WTF are you giving me an introduction and explainer to each topic when I am just searching for quick answers to questions I am obviously already knowledgable enough about?

I can use Wikipedia faster than this without using the power of 1000 GPUs.

 

[tubuliferous]

The only scary thing about these new AI machines is that they mimick humanity which will cause humans to interact with them incorrectly.

Having said that, if these tools are plugged into physical things like machinery, weapons etc. it will get very bad very quickly.

I agree that the specter of AI-operated weaponry is terrifying (and already upon us), but we shouldn't underestimate the dangers of AIs that are not destined to operate physical objects.

If we believe, for example, that there is a bogus news problem today, consider a world where AI can be used to generate media coverage of a false event and instantly corroborate that coverage with a thousand other, seemingly independent, fake news stories (including faked imagery). At the very least we won't know what information to trust, a situation that will advantage would-be despots.

Imagine a world where AIs know you better than you know yourself, and these AIs are able to subtly manipulate you to vote in favor of powerful interests, either with your money or at the ballot.

Contemplate the AI that will displace your role in working society. Even tech jobs that once seemed to be insulated from the AI revolution are now seen as vulnerable.

An AI can be monstrously dangerous (even lethal) without ever being connected to machinery.

 

[Alphaguilty]

Microsoft has announced the launch of AI-powered Bing Search on its Edge, Skype and Bing iOS apps. This new feature will deliver more relevant and personalized search results to users on these apps. By leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence, Bing Search will be able to surface more relevant results for each user in a more efficient manner. Bing Search will also be able to better understand user intent and surface content that is more relevant to their search. This will ultimately provide a better experience for users on all three platforms.

 

[FriendlyMackle]

I'll admit it, like many of you I thought it was all hype when I first heard about ChatGPT last year. Then I tried it...

Large Language Models like ChatGPT and BingAI are literally going to revolutionize the world. If you haven't spent any time with one I highly suggest you open up an OpenAI account and give ChatGPT a whirl (or just spend some time with Bing although there are some caveats with this version) Siri is literally nothing by comparison.

They can respond to complex input, actively engage with the user, answer complex questions, create convincing output in multiple languages, write code (!), summarize, review and even create content, and complete work in seconds that would take humans hours (if not more.)

When BingAI first released to preview last week it was incredible. Compared to ChatGPT which is not connected to the internet, BingAI could do complex searches, pull accurate information from the internet, do complex calculations, had better foreign language support, and, if left as it is would've been a must have for almost everyone. The things you could do with it were truly mind blowing, and is what finally sold me on the "fourth industrial revolution" an amorphous term I previously felt was just a buzzword lacking in substance

That said, this could've been an earth shattering moment where Microsoft seizes control of not only search, but a lot of office type productivity. Unfortunately as anyone who was in the preview around a week ago knows, the version of BingAI being rolled out today is vastly inferior to the one available initially. While the preview version had it's problems, and could be provoked into going off the rails, it made ChatGPT (already very capable) look like a child's plaything in comparison.

I'll say it once: Don't sleep on this. Especially if you do white collar work. Your future employability may be on the line.

AI assistants are literally on the cusp of going from a joke (Siri, Alexa, etc) that is sometimes mildly useful (set a timer/reminder/alarm) to something that will be indispensable to our lives and change the workplace forever.

I would say that for those of us who do white collar work, AI will absolutely replace many people, many jobs that are today performed by humans. I’m not sure how all of the soon-to-be surplus humans will be employed, but it is a dystopian image in my mind‘s eye. And that‘s well before the Robopocalypse. 😂