Monday, February 6, 2023

Will ChatGPT-enhanced Bing be Able to Supply Something Like Footnotes? It Might Matter

ChatGPT as used by Bing might be able to cite sources used to generate the text, a potentially important detail for those hoping to use the generative text function in contexts where sources matter. 


Perhaps the search bar also is replaced by a chat box. 


source: Medium 


Some believe Bing’s version of ChatGPT, possibly branded as the new Bing,  also will be able to use data collected after 2021, which ChatGPT so far has not been able to use. 


Apparently, users will be able to use either traditional search or the AI-assisted version side by side, toggling between them. This will be a useful feature for people testing the accuracy and usefulness of generated results. 


The new Bing reportedly will also use a version of footnotes, showing the sources it used to generate a response to a query. 


That feature will be necessary--or helpful--for people whose work, or use of search, requires identifying sources (journalists, researchers, academics, students in many cases, writers). 


If the reports are correct, ChatGPT just got better, and more useful.


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