Microsoft says it’s implementing some dialog limits to its Bing AI simply days after the chatbot went off the rails a number of instances for customers. Bing chats will now be capped at 50 questions per day and 5 per session after the search engine was seen insulting customers, mendacity to them, and emotionally manipulating folks.

“Our knowledge has proven that the overwhelming majority of individuals discover the solutions they’re in search of inside 5 turns and that solely round 1 % of chat conversations have 50+ messages,” says the Bing group in a weblog put up. If customers hit the five-per-session restrict, Bing will immediate them to begin a brand new matter to keep away from lengthy back-and-forth chat classes.

Microsoft warned earlier this week that these longer chat classes, with 15 or extra questions, may make Bing “grow to be repetitive or be prompted / provoked to present responses that aren’t essentially useful or according to our designed tone.” Wiping a dialog after simply 5 questions means “the mannequin received’t get confused,” says Microsoft.

Microsoft continues to be working to enhance Bing’s tone, nevertheless it’s not instantly clear how lengthy these limits will final. “As we proceed to get suggestions, we’ll discover increasing the caps on chat classes,” says Microsoft, so this seems to be a restricted cap for now.

Bing’s chat perform continues to see enhancements every day, with technical points being addressed and bigger weekly drops of fixes to enhance search and solutions. Microsoft stated earlier this week that it didn’t “totally envision” folks utilizing its chat interface for “social leisure” or as a instrument for extra “normal discovery of the world.”