On February 7th, Microsoft released a new beta version of its Bing AI search engine, which is said to be based on the same technology as the popular ChatGPT chatbot, except that the technology used in Microsoft's engine uses a higher-level language model. Based on the language model used in ChatGPT, Microsoft has optimized it specifically for search.
Is Bing's built-in chatbot really better than ChatGPT? Or do each of these two programs have their own strengths? Arab Technology News Portal obtained an early version of the new Bing engine and tested it with ChatGPT to find out. Here we present the results to the reader to help him decide which of these two tools is the best to use.
Get a source of information
One of the main disadvantages of ChatGPT is that it provides answers without sources. This means that users cannot trace the information back to the source to broaden their search or verify its accuracy. In its version of the chatbot, Microsoft has solved this problem, since the Bing bot indicates in its responses the source of each piece of information, which is an essential feature if Bing is above all a search engine that must maintain the trust of its users.
Bing is less prone to technical problems
Anyone who has used ChatGPT must have seen the above message saying that the application has stopped working and asking the user to try again. ChatGPT experienced outages several times a day, especially during peak hours, as the volume of requests outstripped the capabilities of a small company like OpenAI, which developed it, and caused its servers to constantly outage under stress. Users can avoid these errors only by subscribing to the paid version of ChatGPT, which costs $20 per month, as the startup promises more opportunities to prevent these errors from occurring to subscribers of its paid plans. On the other hand, Bing Engine does not have such issues since it has a big company behind it and dealing with millions of users is part of its daily work.
Sudden leaks during chats are annoying and prevent users from continuing their search, which gives Bing an advantage in this regard.
Bing does not accept long texts
Bing does not accept search terms longer than 2000 characters, and this is not a problem for simple search terms, but if the user wants to ask Bing to paraphrase or summarize text that exceeds this limit, it is not a good idea to break the text into different parts. ChatGPT does not have this problem, it does not require a specific number of characters, but sometimes long texts may not be acceptable due to technical limitations of the framework that ChatGPT runs on, for example. B. When the server memory is full in times of stress.
Keep chat history
From time to time, users may wish to return to a previous chat to view information or continue chatting. ChatGPT excels at providing a history of all past conversations via the sidebar of the site and giving each conversation a title to make it easy to find. Bing does not provide this possibility as the user can only go back to his previous conversations through browsing history, which is a difficult and lengthy process as it is difficult to find the desired conversation.
Accurate timeliness of information
ChatGPT has no knowledge of world news and events after 2021 as it is trained on data from that time and before. On the other hand, the Bing bot gets its information from the links archived by the search engine itself, which means that it is able to find the latest information, including what is available a few minutes before the operation, which gives the Bing engine a great advantage. An advantage when searching for urgent information.
Limit chat sessions
Microsoft limits Bing users to 50 chat sessions per day with five rounds per session, which means that users must start a new chat session after five questions per session. And the new conversation means that the bot does not know the context of the previous discussion, which makes it difficult for the user to continue asking questions in the same context. The company suggested that after long chat sessions, the limit could confuse AI models and possibly lead to inaccurate results.
ChatGPT has no limit on the number of daily chat sessions or the number of questions asked in each session.
Accuracy and abundance of answers
Perhaps the most important question when comparing these two programs is: Which one is more capable of providing more accurate, clear, and meaningful answers? In our experience, it seems to depend on the size of the question and the way it is asked, which means that it is difficult to give a definitive answer as to which of the two programs has a better answer quality. For example, the Bing engine is good at answering questions that provide the steps required to perform a certain action, such as: for example, making a list of places to visit in a city or creating an exercise plan to lose weight because Bing results are more clear and organized. , and informative, something Microsoft cares about. One of the questions to improve his answer. For some professional questions, such as b. Programming, the benefit of ChatGPT is obvious because it can provide deeper and more detailed answers, and achieve the goal of helping users by providing the code needed to write a complete program.
For general questions such as scientific investigations, the two programs provide similar answers, sometimes even outweighing each other in the richness of the answers provided.
Conclusion: Which Bot Should I Use?
The answer depends on what kind of information the user is looking for. If the user is concerned about the freshness of the information or knowing the source, they should contact Bing. However, if the question is complex and many questions and follow-up questions are asked, it might be better to switch to ChatGPT since the number of questions in a Bing session is limited. For technical questions that go beyond general informational questions, such as what a doctor, engineer, etc. might ask, it is recommended to ask the same question in both programs to see which program provides the best answers based on the type of question it provides, then users can follow the program that provides the best Relevant answers to the desired major.
Finally, intelligent search bots are still in their infancy and are waiting for many new developments and competitors, including the Bard bot from Google, which is not yet available to all users.