Since its release, ChatGPT has taken the world by storm, and I've been interacting with the chatbot frequently.

Despite being impressed by the AI's sophisticated skills and human-like conversational abilities, I have encountered a few recurring problems. After gaining early access to the updated version of Microsoft's new Bing chatbot, which is powered by the same technology as ChatGPT, I believe this tool may be the answer to all of my concerns regarding ChatGPT.

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ChatGPT from OpenAI has demonstrated proficiency in composing stories, essays, emails, lists, songs, code, and more.

It even has features that could make you more productive in your daily life. However, if you're interested in learning about current events and news, this tool falls short, and that's a major concern.

ChatGPT only uses information up to 2021, so it will not be able to respond to questions about content created after this date. If you are going to use a chatbot to convey concepts to you in a human-like manner, wouldn't you want it to have knowledge of contemporary topics?

This dearth of information is not ChatGPT's only flaw. Even if you ask the chatbot a query about an event or fact on which it was trained, it will generate an answer without citing its source. If I am a journalist conducting research, I want to know that the source I am using can be relied upon.

With ChatGPT, it is difficult to determine where information originated and how it was processed by algorithms to answer queries. There are numerous instances in which chatbots provided incorrect information or simply made things up to fill in the spaces. The Bing chatbot from Microsoft addresses these issues.

The tech giant unveiled the Bing chatbot in February and stated that it would operate on an OpenAI large language model of the next generation that has been customized for search. Multiple millions of individuals are currently on Microsoft's waiting list for access to the new Bing search engine. Early access was granted to ZDNet.

Because Microsoft always promotes its own products, I was required to install Microsoft Edge on my desktop in order to access the new Bing. Then, all I had to do was click on a chat tab on the browser's homepage, which brought me to a page with a format nearly identical to that of ChatGPT -- albeit with different hues.

Then, similar to ChatGPT, you can begin conversing. My initial prompt was, "What can I use Bing's ChatGPT for?" The first significant difference I observed was that Bing's chatbot includes footnotes that link back to the source for every answer it provides.

Then I wondered if it could surpass ChatGPT by providing answers to my questions about current events. I queried the chatbot who won the World Cup and who the president of the United States was. Both times, it provided accurate explanations and citations. When asked about the 2022 World Cup champion, ChatGPT responds that it lacks information "from the future"

If you query ChatGPT about the current president of the United States, it assumes Joe Biden because he was president in 2021, but it prefaces this assumption with the fact that it lacks access to current information. By responding accurately and with sources to these two queries, Bing's chatbot demonstrated its ability to address my biggest concerns with ChatGPT.

I was intrigued to see if it had the same technical capabilities as ChatGPT, so I requested that it compose a bedtime story and an email. The new Bing has surpassed the capabilities of your standard search engine.

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To continue the test, I wished to determine whether the chatbot could provide context for current events. After reviewing the day's top stories, I entered the following: "I saw on the news that the President will conduct a press conference today. What is he referring to?" The response was not what I anticipated.

In my question, I was not alluding to the president of CSX, but due to my lack of specificity, the chatbot provided me with the incorrect response. The response exemplified how chatbots still cannot match human conversational skills, as the majority of people conversing with me would presume I was referring to the president of the United States.

Nonetheless, I was pleasantly surprised by how quickly the connections to the chatbot's sources allowed me to determine what went wrong and how to rephrase my query to receive a better response. After rephrasing my inquiry, I received the precise response I was seeking, complete with citations and news snippets.

Lastly, I wished to determine whether the Bing chatbot is capable of making amusing, individualized suggestions like ChatGPT. I asked the chatbot what low-calorie treats I should bring to the theater (I'm a huge Marvel fan), and the response was succinct and incredibly useful.

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According to my experience, Bing's implementation of ChatGPT is a delight to use. Its internet connectivity makes it significantly more useful for commonplace queries. The sources bolster its credibility and eradicate the possibility of misunderstandings or mistakes.

Let us be clear, however, that the technology is not flawless; it has been generating headlines for some peculiar behaviors. ChatGPT, Bing, Google'sBard, and other chatbots powered by large language models are new tools with capacity for significant development. Nonetheless, my initial impression of the new Bing chatbot is favorable.