The artificial intelligence that powers the new Bing It turns out to be extremely useful and very reliable. to many questions. It is true that she has occasionally given wrong or strange answers, but in general, and thanks to her citation policy, it seems so far that the experience of the testing phase has been extremely positive and that the end result is an absolute success.

However, some users suggested exploring the operation and functionality of Bing beyond what Microsoft originally planned. This was already indicated by the company itself when, as a result of rather strange responses from the chatbot, it decided to limit the duration of each conversation to a maximum of five questions, a limit that was later increased to six and which, In the last few hours, it has increased again, at least for some users, up to eight questions per conversation.

It might seem that these users intend to “break” the chatbot and look for errors in it, but the truth is that this type of test is extremely positive, because it also allows these problems to be revealed and Microsoft can fix them, and in some cases they can find hidden features that range from fun to very interesting, including some that are a little crazy. These features are usually not documented, but it takes a little digging to find them.

So in recent days some hidden features of the new Bing have appeared which are very interesting, let’s have a look at some of them:

Bing, the artist with ASCII

If there was anything I didn’t expect from a chatbot, it was that it had artistic ambitions, but of course, this is a world that never ceases to amaze us. So if you ask the new Bing to create an ASCII Art version of what you want, it will do its best to accommodate your request. Unfortunately, we’re dealing with a case of big on attitude but little on ability, as their designs are… let’s just say they could be improved. Of course, if you tell him that the result was not satisfactory, he will try to repeat it as many times as necessary (of course, a maximum of eight questions per conversation).

Bing, the new Deep Blue?

It’s not that it has a checkerboard GUI (although third-party implementations are sure to appear soon), but some users have discovered that Bing is able to play a game of chess using algebraic notation (you know that letter-and-number gibberish). I wonder if it would be able to beat Deep Blue, the IBM system that was able to beat Gary Kasparov.

Carlos Latre of Artificial Intelligence

Can you imagine an AI imitating celebrities? Well, the truth is that the new Bing knows how to do it… or well, it more or less does, since speaking of the chatbot, it obviously just mimics its style with respect to text . From Morgan Freeman to Shakira. Just ask him to use the “Celebrity” mode and he will surprise you with his ability to put himself in the shoes of the most diverse personalities.