Insider asked Bing's personalities the same five questions and compared their answers.Getty Images
- Microsoft's new Bing added three conversation styles to its chatbot: creative, balanced, and precise.
- Each mode is designed to respond in different tones, though they were pretty inconsistent.
After Microsoft new Bing disturbed many of its early users, the company decided to revamp the chatbot with three new conversation styles: creative, balanced, and precise.
Each of the modes responds to questions in different tones, according to Bing.
Responses in "creative" mode are meant to be "original and imaginative" and filled with "surprise and entertainment," per Bing. Meanwhile "precise" mode's responses are designed to be "factual and concise," with the goal of "prioritizing accuracy and relevancy."
"Balanced" mode spits out answers that are supposed to be "reasonable and coherent," and strike a balance between accuracy and creativity.
Users can try out the new Bing on Microsoft's Edge browser, though there is currently a waitlist to access it.
From writing a text to a distant friend to generating a song about tech layoffs in Beyoncé's voice, Insider asked Bing's new styles five questions that we'd asked the old version. Results were inconsistent — but more on that later.