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Ólafur Waage

Someone at Bing is getting fired.

bing search: "what is the best search engine?" results: "Google"
12 Oct 2023 at 20:08 | Open on mastodon.social
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Anthropy :verified_dragon:

@olafurw haha I love it when microsoft gets all riled up over the output of its products, at this rate Bing is going to get decommissioned the same way they did Tay

12 Oct 2023 at 20:12 | Open on mastodon.derg.nz
Sean Murthy

@olafurw "according to 2 sources"

I'd love to know what the sources are.

12 Oct 2023 at 21:16 | Open on hachyderm.io
std::polar

@smurthys @olafurw Click the numbered links (I think "precise" mode requires that the answer only uses information from the links mentioned)
12 Oct 2023 at 23:04 | Open on fosstodon.org
Sean Murthy

@sehe @olafurw OP's image shows Bing search engine; not Bing Chat.

That said, I can't reproduce OP's result in Bing search, but my search bubble is quite different. I don't even get the same UI as in OP.

12 Oct 2023 at 23:10 | Open on hachyderm.io
std::polar

@smurthys @olafurw Ah I don't ever use Bing so I don't recognize any of the UI.

Regular search from the main page gives very similar results with numbered source links for me:
12 Oct 2023 at 23:15 | Open on fosstodon.org
Sean Murthy

@sehe @olafurw Bing Chat gives me essentially the same result as you show. Bing Search results though are quite different from both yours and OP's.

Results of a "web search" on Microsoft Bing. Black text on white background. The search query (in the text field at the top) reads "what is the best search engine?" A list of tabs is after the query: SEARCH CHAT SHOPPING [and so on] Part of the search result is seen after the tab names
12 Oct 2023 at 23:23 | Open on hachyderm.io
Ólafur Waage
Sean Murthy

@olafurw @sehe At least it picked two "authoritative" sources on the matter. 😉

Also, only someone at Bing is getting at fired for showing this result. As against someone else within Microsoft for being bold/dumb enough to publicly state the "fact" which Bing picked up. 😆

12 Oct 2023 at 23:27 | Open on hachyderm.io
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