Microsoft has been relaxing restrictions and adding more features to AI-powered Bing for some time. Recently, the company increased the number of chat sessions to 15 and the total number of chats to 150, and now added a “Share” button that allows users to share chat responses generated by AI-powered Bing.
“We’ve added the ability to share Bing chat responses with others on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, email, or via a permanent link,” the company said in a blog post, which also lists other features Microsoft is working on . These features include adding Bing Chat and Compose to the Edge sidebar, improving context awareness, and including the group in Skype chats with Bing.
It’s worth noting that some of these features were previously shared by Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president and consumer chief marketing officer at Microsoft, in a tweet, as well as Bing on Twitter.
Bing chat and composition in Edge sidebar
Edge v111.0.1661.41 users will see the new Bing icon in the sidebar containing the chat and compose functionality. The company said the feature will help users write drafts quickly.
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For example, if users want to update their “About” information on LinkedIn, they can click the Bing Chat button and enter a natural language command. The Bing chatbot will quickly create a summary, which can then be copied and pasted into the About text box.
Importantly, these experiences will only appear to users who have access to the new Bing preview.
Test faster answers
Last month Microsoft announced three new modes: creative, precise and balanced. Creative mode aims to make answers more “original and imaginative”, precise mode improves that accuracy and relevance, balanced mode strikes a balance between accuracy and creativity.
Mehdi also said Microsoft is testing an optimization in “Balanced” mode to “significantly improve performance” for shorter, faster responses. Precise and Creative modes remain unchanged.
Improving contextual understanding
Microsoft also announced that they’ve improved Bing’s ability to include large amounts of context in conversations in creative tone. This enhanced context window allows for better grounding – an approach that improves the quality of the prompt given by the user.
Group in Skype chats with Bing
Last month Microsoft announced that users can chat with Bing in Skype. In the latest update, the company opens the Bing preview in Skype with its friends. “Just join a group chat where at least one person is allowed, add Bing as a participant, and anyone can talk to them regardless of their waitlist status. To chat with Bing, just add @Bing to the top of your message,” the company said in a blog post.
