Subj : Microsofts Bing AI chatbot spotted in Safari and Chrome, with new
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Jun 05 2023 14:15:03

Microsofts Bing AI chatbot spotted in Safari and Chrome, with new features 
inbound

Date:
Mon, 05 Jun 2023 12:57:14 +0000

Description:
New personalities might include a sarcastic mode, though were not convinced 
about that.

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Microsofts Bing AI is about to appear in all major web browsers according to 
a new report. 

This comes from Windows Latest , which tells us that according to sources, 
the Bing chatbot will no longer be exclusive to Edge, but will be available 
in Chrome, Safari, and Firefox  all the main browsers  at some point this 
week (in a few days apparently). 

Take that with a pinch of seasoning, naturally, but we already heard from 
Mikhail Parakhin, Microsofts head of Advertising and Web Services, last week, 
who informed us that hopefully the first experiments in enabling third-party 
browsers would be happening soon. 

So, it seems that hope is now a reality, or is about to become one, with 
Windows Latest further reporting that Microsoft actually tested Bing AI in 
Apples Safari browser over the past weekend. 

If you blinked, youd have missed this, though, as the test was a brief one. 

Windows Latest also received an email through, apparently sent to some Bing 
AI mobile users, which mentions new features inbound for the AI. That 
includes the idea of characters with personalities in Bing AI, meaning a more 
in-depth choice than the simple creative, precise, or balanced personalities 
that currently grace the chatbot. 

Microsoft is also planning to lift some restrictions, were told, so that 
could mean longer chat sessions with Bing AI are on the way, perhaps. 
Analysis: Sarcastic mode? Oh yes, thats real likely, were sure... 

Windows Latest actually got to use Bing AI in the Safari test, and reports 
that its much the same experience as using the chatbot in Microsofts Edge 
browser . Thats pretty much what wed expect, of course  theres no reason it 
would be meaningfully different. 

As weve discussed previously, it makes more sense for Microsoft to focus on 
driving usage of the Bing chatbot, than it does to use the bot as a lure to 
get people to switch to the Edge browser. 

Yes, Edge is doubtless very important to Microsoft, but having its AI outgun 
Googles Bard is surely a far more important consideration. And so having Bing 
AI in all the big browsers will help to that end, though we werent expecting 
this to happen quite as soon as this week. That would clearly indicate this 
is a real priority for Microsoft. 

As for the idea of more varied personalities, this was something hinted at 
before in the very early days of Bing AI. Windows Latest points to leaked 
personalities that include friendly and sarcastic modes, though in the latter 
case, were skeptical as to whether this might be in the works. 

Granted, sarcastic mode would be entertaining, certainly. But when folks have 
tried to get entertainment out of Bing AI in the past, pushing its buttons 
and boundaries, Microsoft has done its best to limit the chatbots more 
off-the-wall responses, and were not sure we see that changing anytime soon.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/microsofts-bing-ai-chatbot-spotted-in-safari-an
d-chrome-with-new-features


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