Microsoft to Infuse Bing with Next-Generation AI Model More Powerful Than ChatGPT

[AleksandarK]

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.



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[Vayra86]

Oh nice, the AI Wars have already started. That escalated quickly!

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!

 

[Aldou]

the only obstacle for usable AI assistant is human himself - we humans want... no we demand that AI will be perfect, not only perfect, we expect perfection even from compromised prompts. But the biggest obstacle for todays AIs are trigger danger. lets take an example prompt "crime rate by race in Chicago" - we want it 100% accurate and 100% safe (trigger safe) at the same time. this is no joke, big corporation will do anything to neuter its AI to oblivion just so it diesnot give "wrong" answers in those kind of trigger cases.

 

[AusWolf]

the only obstacle for usable AI assistant is human himself - we humans want... no we demand that AI will be perfect, not only perfect, we expect perfection even from compromised prompts. But the biggest obstacle for todays AIs are trigger danger. lets take an example prompt "crime rate by race in Chicago" - we want it 100% accurate and 100% safe (trigger safe) at the same time. this is no joke, big corporation will do anything to neuter its AI to oblivion just so it diesnot give "wrong" answers in those kind of trigger cases.

As long as AI is a flawed technology designed by flawed humans, it will never be perfect.

 

[Space Lynx]

looking forward to kicking its ass, as I have the others.

peasant AI , welcome to the thunderdome

 

[Vayra86]

looking forward to kicking its ass, as I have the others.

peasant AI , welcome to the thunderdome

Its not nice pestering the little ones!

 

[Space Lynx]

Its not nice pestering the little ones!

my only real concern is if AI actually does become sentient someday and reads these posts... I'll be the first to go

 

[AusWolf]

my only real concern is if AI actually does become sentient someday and reads these posts... I'll be the first to go

Don't worry, if that happens, we'll all go.

On a positive note, looking at the technology as of today, I don't think a sentient AI is possible (touch wood).

 

[SRB151]

So, how's this going to work in a search when I can't even do a keyword search without getting a bunch of things that have nothing to do what I searched for. Or worse yet, keywords in tag do not match what's in the link. So, now we get AI that will give me results that it "thinks" I asked for. I'm not sure AI will improve the already faulty algorithms.

 

[kilo]

The way they're talking, it sounds like their AI is already made and just need finishing touches.

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?

 

[Easy Rhino]

If you visit bing.com/new you can see some examples. I really do not understand all the hype...

 

[AusWolf]

If you visit bing.com/new you can see some examples. I really do not understand all the hype...

Self-learning algorithms are still just algorithms. I don't understand why we call it AI.

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.

 

[gtxbru]

Now we will have more ‘relevant’ ads powered by AI.

 

[Easy Rhino]

Now we will have more ‘relevant’ ads powered by AI.

Yea all that free data you have been giving them over the years is going to make them billions more in revenue. Great job everyone!

 

[Aquinus]

Self-learning algorithms are still just algorithms. I don't understand why we call it AI.

Well, AI doesn't define how it's accomplished, it defines what it means to be AI, which is being human-like. Something that can interact with humans like a human is technically the definition of AI, and it's a very loose definition. The means that AI is accomplished (by that definition,) is through ML (machine learning,) which is the algorithms you're talking about. I think you're defining AI as, is a computer being intelligent enough to change those models (algorithms,) without human intervention to improve itself. That, however, isn't the technical definition of AI, just what we've come to understand it as from popular culture; ie The Terminator.

 

[AusWolf]

Well, AI doesn't define how it's accomplished, it defines what it means to be AI, which is being human-like. Something that can interact with humans like a human is technically the definition of AI, and it's a very loose definition. The means that AI is accomplished (by that definition,) is through ML (machine learning,) which is the algorithms you're talking about. I think you're defining AI as, is a computer being intelligent enough to change those models (algorithms,) without human intervention to improve itself. That, however, isn't the technical definition of AI, just what we've come to understand it as from popular culture; ie The Terminator.

It's not just that. What I mean is the definition of the word "intelligence". According to Merriam-Webster, it's this:
"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.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Thanks for the warning msn/ bing never going to happen same goes for google
I'll stick with startpage and an occasional duck....go

Startpage - Private Search Engine. No Tracking. No Search History.

Search and browse the internet without being tracked or targeted. Startpage is the world's most private search engine. Use Startpage to protect your personal data.

www.startpage.com

 

[Easy Rhino]

Hi,
Thanks for the warning msn/ bing never going to happen same goes for google
I'll stick with startpage and an occasional duck....go

Startpage - Private Search Engine. No Tracking. No Search History.

Search and browse the internet without being tracked or targeted. Startpage is the world's most private search engine. Use Startpage to protect your personal data.

www.startpage.com

I use Brave Search but it still needs a lot of work...

 

[Aquinus]

That's what "intelligence" means.

Yes, but context changes when you say "artificial intelligence" versus just "intelligence". Defining a single word without context is like cherry picking a phrase out of a sentence. Context in the end is lost. Even Merriam-Webster has a definition for "Artificial Intelligence," which does put emphasis on human behavior.

artificial intelligence​

noun​

1
: a branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers
2
: the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behavior

In this case, it's talking about intelligent behavior in both definitions, so you have to mix the definition of intelligence with behavior which is more narrow in scope than just intelligence as a whole, particularly in this case; the context of human behavior. That means a system in which a computer can intelligently interact with a human, not solving abstract problems. I see that as outside the scope of the definition of AI.

 

[AusWolf]

Yes, but context changes when you say "artificial intelligence" versus just "intelligence". Defining a single word without context is like cherry picking a phrase out of a sentence. Context in the end is lost. Even Merriam-Webster has a definition for "Artificial Intelligence," which does put emphasis on human behavior.


In this case, it's talking about intelligent behavior in both definitions, so you have to mix the definition of intelligence with behavior which is more narrow in scope than just intelligence as a whole, particularly in this case; the context of human behavior. That means a system in which a computer can intelligently interact with a human, not solving abstract problems. I see that as outside the scope of the definition of AI.

Both of the definitions of artificial intelligence that you quoted involve the word "intelligence", which I quoted the definition for above. So for something to be considered artificial intelligence, it also has to be some kind of intelligence, which currently it is not.

 

[ThrashZone]

I use Brave Search but it still needs a lot of work...

Hi,
Startpage has a very good search engine
I just use it as my home page address
They have a browser add-on but I removed it and use it differently.

 

[Fasola]

Watched this video about ChatGPT earlier and it basically lies, gets confronted and then apologises for lying

 

[AusWolf]

Watched this video about ChatGPT earlier and it basically lies, gets confronted and then apologises for lying

Here's another one:

 

[kapone32]

Ghost In the Shell Complex or whatever the series is called does an interesting take on the human response to sentient AI in the first season.

 

[umeng2002]

Google search was great like 5 years ago or longer. Then they broke their own search engine. Bing was getting better. Incorporating AI is just an expensive "fix" to a problem they created themselves. Remember when the world thought Siri would be revolutionary like 10 years ago...