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I've been getting ads in it for over a week now. I just retried a question I asked last week that had 1 ad, now there's 3 ads. Last week it suggested two space

I've been getting ads in it for over a week now. I just retried a question I asked last week that had 1 ad, now there's 3 ads. Last week it suggested two space heaters, the Lasko one was an ad. Now all 3 suggestions are ads. https://imgur.com/a/rEmBUpk https://imgur.com/a/rEmBUpk That's the full chat, no earlier context. This is using the "Precise" mode option. The ads all go to some variation of https://best.offers.com/best-space-heaters https://best.offers.com/best-space-heaters But strangely the citation #1 claims to be Tomsguide. Edit: here is an image that shows the citation section https://imgur.com/a/CEEoM9D https://imgur.com/a/CEEoM9D

mustacheemperor 4y ago
I’m having the same experience, and it’s drastically reduced the utility of the chat. It seems like Bing will ignore earlier context to cram an ad in now. I was speccing a portable video/audio conference device at a specific budget and it would. Not. Stop. Recommending the same three Logitech products. Didn’t matter that one is 8 years old and I said in my first message I don’t want it. Didn’t matter that one was completely outside the stated budget. Even when I got it to recommend other products, I got 2 completely not-correct options, and one of the same Logitechs it already suggested. If I wanted to see the first page of sponsored Amazon search results I wouldn’t have bothered asking the bot. This is how Microsoft will save us all from a world where AGI is completely dominated by them. By dropping the ball on it.
jrootabega 4y ago
That just looks like those fake review/comparison/advice sites that have polluted search results for ages. I can tell they're bullshit. I guess bing can now reach people who can't, or will be so distracted by the fact that it's "AI" that they won't notice.
- squeaky-clean 4y ago
  Yeah that bestoffers site is nothing more than an Amazon referral link farm. My guess is it's actually pulling the products from its stated sources like tomsguide, comparing them against a database of product-ads, and bestoffers has that in their entries so they win the link for the product.

mustacheemperor 4y ago

I’m having the same experience, and it’s drastically reduced the utility of the chat. It seems like Bing will ignore earlier context to cram an ad in now. I was speccing a portable video/audio conference device at a specific budget and it would. Not. Stop. Recommending the same three Logitech products. Didn’t matter that one is 8 years old and I said in my first message I don’t want it. Didn’t matter that one was completely outside the stated budget. Even when I got it to recommend other products, I got 2 completely not-correct options, and one of the same Logitechs it already suggested. If I wanted to see the first page of sponsored Amazon search results I wouldn’t have bothered asking the bot. This is how Microsoft will save us all from a world where AGI is completely dominated by them. By dropping the ball on it.

jrootabega 4y ago

That just looks like those fake review/comparison/advice sites that have polluted search results for ages. I can tell they're bullshit. I guess bing can now reach people who can't, or will be so distracted by the fact that it's "AI" that they won't notice.

squeaky-clean 4y ago
Yeah that bestoffers site is nothing more than an Amazon referral link farm. My guess is it's actually pulling the products from its stated sources like tomsguide, comparing them against a database of product-ads, and bestoffers has that in their entries so they win the link for the product.