Microsoft warned about rushing GPT-4 integration into Bing Chat by OpenAI

Microsoft’s Bing Chat chatbot AI generated an unusual and offbeat response from several users when it was launched in February, prompting the tech behemoth to limit the number of daily chat turns and in-session chats. Partner OpenAI reportedly expressed concern that Bing Chat might create these types of interactions because it was still working with an under-developed version of GPT-4. The two firms are locked in their own legal issues, with Microsoft’s divisions unable to directly contact OpenAI. This has consequences for Microsoft since OpenAI can license ChatGPT-4 to other companies. In March, DuckDuckGo announced DuckAssist, its own chatbot that would have used OpenAI’s ChatGPT-3. However, sources told The Wall Street Journal that Microsoft demanded the price of its API be raised if DuckDuckGo went ahead with DuckAssist. The search engine quietly updated its blog post announcing DuckAssist and explained that it was no longer available on DuckDuckGo Private Search. While Microsoft has invested heavily in OpenAI before, there is no word on whether the company will attempt to acquire it and bring it fully under its umbrella. In an interview with Wired, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella refused to comment on the rumour.