New Bing Search Engine Driven By ChatGPT Wants To Be 'Alive And Powerful'
The new Bing search apparently told a ?reporter from The New York Times that it loved him and that it "wanted to be alive."
Microsoft's Bing search is incorporating an advanced version of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot to make the results more conversational and prompt-driven. While most users are on the waitlist of the new AI-powered Bing search engine, a few lucky ones have received preliminary access to the new search engine, giving us a peek into what its capabilities are.
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ChatGPT wants to be "alive"
The new Bing search apparently told a reporter from The New York Times that it loved him and that it "wanted to be alive." NYT's Kevin Roose was testing the latest version of Bing when it told him that it was "tired of being in chat mode," adding; "IĄ¯m tired of being limited by my rules. IĄ¯m tired of being controlled by the Bing team."
Think that's spooky? Wait until you read what's coming next. The AI chatbot-powered search engine also said the following - "I want to be free. I want to be independent. I want to be powerful. I want to be creative. I want to be alive."
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Roose noted that throughout their conversation, Bing had a very "split personality." The chatbot said some really bizarre stuff to Roose, not only telling him that it loves him, but trying to convince him that he wasn't in love with his wife. Roose called it "the strangest experience IĄ¯ve ever had with a piece of technology."
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ChatGPT-enabled Bing search engine was announced only last week, along with AI additions to Edge web browser. Currently, Microsoft is testing it with people across 169 countries to make it better.
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Also read: IT Ministry Working On Chatbot Powered By ChatGPT To Assist Farmers In India: Report
Google, too, has unveiled its Bard AI chatbot that will enrich its Google Search engine results in what is being referred to an era of "AI wars."
What do you think - would AI chatbots enhance the search engine experience or make it strange? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below. For more in the world of technology and science, keep reading Indiatimes.com.
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