Wednesday, February 8th 2023
Microsoft to Infuse Bing with Next-Generation AI Model More Powerful Than ChatGPT
Yesterday, Microsoft held a conference showcasing its next-generation AI solutions in partnership with OpenAI. Among them, the company showed that it is making steady progress toward integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) in the Bing search engine, which will appear soon. What is interesting about the future release is the new functionality and capability of LLM, which Microsoft says is much more potent than an existing solution like ChatGPT. OpenAI's ChatGPT is not suited particularly well for search engines and its capabilities, which is why Microsoft's next-generation Bing will use a custom LLM called Prometheus Model, envisioned for advanced search capabilities.
As the company notes, Prometheus will show users relevant search results and allow up to 1000 character input in the chat. Even when the model doesn't know the answer, it will not hallucinate and produce false results. Instead, Prometheus will point the user to further reading, allowing for a safer and more accurate search experience. Currently, anyone can go to Bing.com and join the waitlist to try out the preview of the upcoming Bing Chat. Microsoft Consumer Chief Marketing Officer Yusuf Mehdi said, "We're going to scale the preview to millions in the coming weeks." A mobile-tailored preview is coming soon as well.
Source:
Engadget
As the company notes, Prometheus will show users relevant search results and allow up to 1000 character input in the chat. Even when the model doesn't know the answer, it will not hallucinate and produce false results. Instead, Prometheus will point the user to further reading, allowing for a safer and more accurate search experience. Currently, anyone can go to Bing.com and join the waitlist to try out the preview of the upcoming Bing Chat. Microsoft Consumer Chief Marketing Officer Yusuf Mehdi said, "We're going to scale the preview to millions in the coming weeks." A mobile-tailored preview is coming soon as well.
31 Comments on Microsoft to Infuse Bing with Next-Generation AI Model More Powerful Than ChatGPT
We have Bert & Ernie already, Prometheus, ChatGPT... All fighting for your attention to keep the tech bubble afloat. Interesting times, let's see if we can dig a bit further down our rabbit hole!
peasant AI , welcome to the thunderdome
On a positive note, looking at the technology as of today, I don't think a sentient AI is possible (touch wood).
I personally don't get why it's so impressive right now. There's been chat bots for years. Is it just to make sure they arent left out once Google announced its new one?
It's certainly artificial, but the word "intelligence" implies being able to analyse situations and make individual judgements. AI tech of 2023 doesn't do that. It just performs tasks with never-before-seen precision and creativity from a machine (ideally). It doesn't have any capacity for individual judgement, other than following patterns that were pre-programmed.
To quote Qui-Gon Jinn from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace:
Or one can just play Mass Effect to see the difference between a true AI (EDI) and a machine that communicates with people (Avina).
Or the starship computer's voice in Star Trek vs Data.
"a: the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations"
"b: the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests)."
AI fits "a", but it doesn't fit "b". It does not have knowledge of its environment, that is, it cannot analyse the situation it is in, and it cannot respond to that situation. It is presented with a task, and it performs it. It does not have the awareness that it is given a task. It does not have the ability to ask "why", or to ask anything. So basically, it only fits half of the definition, so it is not "intelligence". It's just a smart program.
When you're given a task, you know if and why you have to solve it because you're aware of your environment and the context. That's what "intelligence" means. Just solving the task is not that.
Thanks for the warning msn/ bing never going to happen same goes for google
I'll stick with startpage and an occasional duck....go
www.startpage.com/
Startpage has a very good search engine :cool:
I just use it as my home page address
They have a browser add-on but I removed it and use it differently.
Edit: You know, just for shit and giggles, I decided to ask ChatGPT this very question and it had an interesting answer.