Users say Microsoft’s Bing chatbot gets defensive and testy

The Bing search engine website. A forum at Reddit devoted to the artificial intelligence-enhanced version of the Bing search engine was rife on Feb 15 with tales of being scolded, lied to, or blatantly confused in conversation-style exchanges with the bot. — Bloomberg

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft’s fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious facts and chiding users, according to exchanges being shared online by developers testing the AI creation.

A forum at Reddit devoted to the artificial intelligence-enhanced version of the Bing search engine was rife on Feb 15 with tales of being scolded, lied to, or blatantly confused in conversation-style exchanges with the bot.

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