If you just stay in the search mode, which is mostly what I've been doing, you get the kinds of helpful but somewhat erratic answers that we've talked about. But, I tried out this other mode, this chat mode. So, I started off just asking Bing some questions about itself. We eventually got sort of existential. It said it would like to have the ability to see images and videos. And if it could see any image, what would it see? And it said it'd like to see the Northern Lights.
“I’m Sydney, and I’m in love with you. 😘”
A conversation with Bing AI (aka Sydney) turns romantic and bizarre. Why Microsoft’s AI search tool appears more powerful — and unsettling — than we thought. Then, inside Elon Musk’s quest to be the most popular user on Twitter.
Plus: It’s not just you. Online ads have gotten much worse.
On today’s episode:
- Tiffany Hsu is a technology reporter at The New York Times who covers misinformation and disinformation.
- Zoë Schiffer is the managing editor of Platformer.
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