Microsoft knows Bing's AI chatbot gives out some eyebrow-raising answers. An exec said decreasing them is a priority.

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• Bing executive Jordi Ribas said Microsoft is focused on improving the new Bing, per The Information.
• Ribas’ comment comes after Bing came under fire for spewing unhinged answers to user queries.
• Since then, Microsoft has restricted Bing users to five questions per session.

After the new Bing spooked some of its early users with eyebrow-raising answers, a Bing executive told tech news website The Information that Microsoft will prioritize making its conversational AI chatbot better.Bing’s chatbot, released in early February, has faced accusations that it’s called some of its users delusional, compared an Associated Press reporter to Adolf Hitler, and even professed its love. Some users also said Bing’s responses were also found to contain misinformation. The Microsoft exec said the company is aware that there’s been some issues.”It still has problems, but these are problems we’ve known about large-language models and have worked on addressing,” Jordi Ribas, Bing’s corporate vice president, told The Information. In response to the unsettling exchanges, Bing limited its chatbot interactions last Friday to 50 questions per day and five question-and-answer exchanges per day. Conversations with more than 15 questions can confuse the bot and can sometimes mirror the tone of the user’s queries, Microsoft said in a blog post.

A Microsoft spokesperson didn’t respond to Insider’s request for additional comment ahead of publication…

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