Microsoft will limit chat sessions on its new Bing search engine powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to five questions per session and 50 questions per day.
"As we mentioned recently, very long chat sessions can confuse the underlying chat model in the new Bing," Microsoft said in a blog post.
"To address these issues, we have implemented some changes to help focus the chat sessions."
Microsoft's decision comes days after some media reports that answers from the new Bing search engine were potentially dangerous and that the technology might not be ready for prime time.
Early search results and conversations with Microsoft's Bing and Google's chatbot, called Bard, have shown they can be unpredictable.
When a Reuters reporter asked the new version of Bing outfitted with AI for the price of car air filters, Bing included advertisements for filters sold by the auto parts website Parts Geek, not merely specific answers to the question.
The new Bing, which has a waitlist of millions of people for access, is a potentially lucrative opportunity for Microsoft.
The company said during an investor and press presentation last week that every percentage point of market share it gains in the search advertising market could bring in another US$2 billion (S$2.67 billion) of ad revenue.
