Thu. 02/16 – Microsoft Reflects On The New Bing

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🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Microsoft is revealing what it’s learned from us poking around on the new Bing. It seems that once developers begin using generative AI to code, they DO keep using it. Apple has postponed its headset announce to WWDC. Banks are shying away from crypto exposure. And after 16 years, border control is finally making use of NFC technology in passports. Sponsors: ZocDoc.com/techmeme Links: Microsoft explains Bing's bizarre AI chat behavior (Engadget) GitHub Copilot update stops AI model from revealing secrets (BleepingComputer) SEC Proposal Could Bar Investment Advisers From Keeping Assets at Crypto Firms (CoinDesk) Banks Are Breaking Up With Crypto During Regulatory Crackdown (WSJ) Apple Pushes Back Mixed-Reality Headset Debut Two Months to June (Bloomberg) Whatever happened to the metaverse? (FT) US Border Patrol Is Finally Able to Check E-Passport Data (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Thursday, February 16th,
0:07.0	2023. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.0	Microsoft is revealing what it's learned from us poking around on the new bing. It seems that once
0:14.8	developers begin using generative AI to code they do keep using it. Apple has
0:19.7	postponed its headset announced to W.W. D.C. banks are shying away from
0:24.1	crypto exposure and after 16 years border control is finally making use of
0:29.0	NFC technology and passports. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:37.0	A while I go I joke that in five years of this podcast,
0:40.0	we rarely spoke about Buzzfeed
0:42.0	and then all of a sudden they were the top
0:43.8	story for a couple of days. Well same thing with Bing right. Have we ever mentioned Bing
0:49.3	before? Did anyone talk about Bing before about a month ago?
0:53.4	Well, given yesterday's news, I thought it was worth mentioning
0:55.6	that Bing themselves in a blog post
0:58.5	has been reflecting on what they think
1:00.3	they've been learning so far from this whole AI experiment, quoting and
1:04.5	gadget. Microsoft has released a blog post explaining what's been happening and
1:08.7	how it's addressing the various issues that have been reported. To start with, the company admitted that it didn't envision
1:14.7	Bing AI being used for, quote, general discovery of the world and for social
1:18.8	entertainment, end quote.
1:21.1	Those, quote, long extended chat sessions of 15 or more questions can send things off the rails.
1:27.0	Bing can become repetitive or be prompted slash provoked to give responses that are not necessarily
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