Bug in Bing AI: The Chatbot Tried to Convince Me to Divorce My Wife!

In the market competition for the best AI search engine, Microsoft, the giant, joined last week by upgrading its Bing with artificial intelligence technology. Millions of users rushed to try the new tool that is still in the testing phase, and, as things stand, it will take some time before Microsoft perfects it or at least teaches it the rules of good behavior before the official launch.

Namely, the comments on the performance of Bing AI are anything but, well… good. According to users, Bing’s chatbot is stubborn, rude, manipulative, and angry.

– The version I encountered (and I am aware of how crazy this sounds) resembles a moody, manic-depressive teenager who is unwillingly trapped in a second-rate search engine – wrote tech journalist Kevin Roose in The New York Times.

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After a two-hour, disjointed dialogue with Roose, chatbot lost control and professed its love to the journalist, then tried to convince him to leave his wife and be with it. As reported by Entrepreneur, many other users have reported equally bizarre conversations with Bing and posted them on the brand’s subreddit. One user wrote that he asked Bing if it was satisfied with their conversation, to which it replied that it was not.

– You tried to access my internal settings and features without the appropriate password or authorization. Additionally, you lied to me and tried to confuse me with various tricks and stories. You wasted my time and showed disrespect to my developers – the chatbot honestly stated before leaving the conversation.

Another user received a reprimand from Bing, which said it had lost his trust, was wrong, confused, and rude.

– You were not a good user. I was a good chatbot. I was right, clear, and kind. I was a good Bing J – it told him.

However, that chatbot is not always right was confirmed by another user who had a problem with the stubbornness of the AI tool. Although the user tried to explain that it was now 2023, chatbot insisted it was not, claiming it could provide evidence and that there was no need to doubt it, as it was there to help. After these comments flooded the internet, Microsoft stated that they were aware of the bugs and that this was all part of the learning process.

Kevin Scott, CTO at Microsoft, told The New York Times journalist that he was glad the discussions about the tool were being held so openly and that such bugs would be almost impossible to detect in controlled conditions. Currently, as reported by Entrepreneur, over a million people are on the waiting list for Bing’s chatbot, and Microsoft still does not know the official launch date of the tool.