Microsoft is already loosening restrictions. The developer announced that it will begin testing a new option that will allow users to change the tone of communication in chat. So now you will be able to choose the response styles you want from the bot yourself.

The options will be as follows:

• “Certain” – short answers to the topic);
• “Creative” – ​​more detailed and “chatter” answers;
• “Balanced” is a combination of both options.

Why did Microsoft “squeeze” the chatbot?

After multiple reports of the bot’s bizarre behavior (for example, one “split into several virtual personalities” serving adult content, according to The Verge) and multiple attempts by enthusiasts to scam the system in one way or another, last Friday Microsoft announced new rules limiting the length of dialogs. announced – it is believed that more than five lines from the user can lead to rather strange responses from artificial intelligence. The number of daily sessions was also limited to fifty.

The developers have increased the number of replicas to six and the number of sessions to sixty for those with access to the test program. They promise to increase the number of sessions to a hundred soon, and again you will be able to communicate with the bot in a single dialog without any restrictions.

failed constraints

Reddit users have complained that Microsoft is doing a “lobotomy” on the bot, leaving it as a “shell” of its former personality. The Bing team replied in a blog post that long and complex bot conversations are often not typical for internal testing, and that the purpose of open testing with a limited number of users is to identify anomalies so the team can learn and improve the system.

Eventually, Microsoft said the company was regaining the ability to hold longer conversations after receiving negative feedback about the restrictions.