There are several AI-powered chatbots based on ChatGPT, but Microsoft’s Bing AI might be the most notable one. Now that Microsoft deployed its chatbot to take on Google, we’re all wondering how far the apple fell from the tree. How does Bing AI compare to its parent? Well, here’s Bing AI vs. ChatGPT.
A comparison like this is necessary because, while chatbots like Bing AI and Snapchat My AI are based on ChatGPT, the companies behind them greatly alter the code in order to bring their own unique experiences. Companies can create an entirely discrete chatbot with a completely different mentality.
In this article, we’re going to look at how Bing AI and ChatGPT compare in five different categories: Speed, Conversational Skills, Information, Tips/Advice, and Written Content.
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Bing AI vs. ChatGPT: Speed
For a bit, ChatGPT was one of the slowest chatbots on the market. You can see it typing out all of the letters one by one. However, its speed has greatly increased thanks to a recent update. Bing AI also types out its responses, but ChatGPT absolutely beats it when it comes to speed.
I asked both chatbots to generate content with 100, 200, and 250 words, and ChatGPT beat Bing AI by a pretty significant margin. It took Bing AI 17 seconds to generate a 100-word response while it took ChatGPT 9 seconds. It took Bing AI 26 seconds to generate a 250-word response while it took ChatGPT only 20 seconds to do the same.
ChatGPT is clearly the winner when it comes to speed, and there are two main reasons why. Firstly, Bing AI has to do a search before delivering the answer. I typed in “Explain how to fly a kite in 200 words”, and it did a Bing search on how to fly a kite and then started generating the response. This always takes several seconds. Lastly, the rate that it generates the text is all around slower.
Bing AI vs. ChatGPT: Conversational Skills
The thing about Bing AI’s conversational skills is that it provides three different conversation modes: Creative, Balanced, and Precise. For this comparison, I’ll be using the Creative mode, as it’s the more conversational mode.
When it comes to conversational skills, I’ll have to give another victory to ChatGPT. Sometimes, there comes a point in the conversation where ChatGPT will cut off the conversation and ask if there’s something else that you want to look up. Bing AI, on the other hand, won’t do that. It will ask additional questions and keep the conversation going.
However, Bing’s approach is much more plastic. When chatting with ChatGPT, the responses feel more natural. It will progress the conversation in a manner that you’d expect from a human.
Bing, on the other hand, will toss questions out just for the sake of continuing the conversation. Note how I said “Continuing” and not “Progressing”. Bing AI would ask questions that pertain to the information in the response but not the conversation as a whole.
I started a conversation about hanging out with my friend Jessica which quickly turned into talking about Super Saiyan Goku Funko Pops. It swiftly forgot all about Jessica.
Bing AI vs. ChatGPT: Information
ChatGPT pulled some victories, but providing information is where Bing AI has its parent chatbot stumped. One of ChatGPT’s biggest flaws is its limited knowledge of the world. At the time of writing this article, ChatGPT’s knowledge stops at 2021. So, it’s two years behind the times, and that can really limit its capabilities. It has a ton of information, don’t get me wrong, but it’s still a limitation.
Bing AI, on the other hand, has the Bing search engine. It’s connected to the Internet, so it can provide you with up-to-date information.
That’s great for Microsoft’s chatbot, but there’s an area that ChatGPT has it beat, and that’s presentation. When you request information from ChatGPT, you’re given separate paragraphs, and you typically get bullet points as well. This helps the reader when reading it. As for Bing AI, everything is presented in one solid block of text.
Also, ChatGPT’s responses are typically more fleshed out. BingAI’s responses are more concise, but not by much. They’re still more fleshed out than Google Bard’s answers for the most part. ChatGPT just gives you more information for each response. This was even while using the Creative conversation mode with Bing AI.
So, ChatGPT’s presentation and responses are better, but BingAI wins overall by being able to provide up-to-date information.
Bing AI vs. ChatGPT: Tips/Advice
The story is much the same when it comes to tips and advice: ChatGPT is more fleshed out, Bing AI is more to-the-point, and the latter manages to pull ahead due to some added ability.
When asking for tips or advice on something, both chatbots will give you a bullet-pointed list of items to follow. ChatGPT will start you off with a short intro and then list the items. After that, it will give you a short closing paragraph. Each bullet point is a paragraph in and of itself.
Bing AI will give you a list with fewer items, and each bullet point will have less information. It may have an introduction paragraph, but that’ll typically just be a sentence.
Bing AI pulls ahead with its connection to the internet. When you look for advice on a subject, it will often give you videos showing you how to do the thing that you want to do. It will also bring up other pages that you could look into for additional information.
Bing AI vs. ChatGPT: Written Content
This is where ChatGPT takes back the crown. Bing AI is an information portal down to its source code. While it does have generative capabilities, they’re far outmatched compared to ChatGPT’s.
Bing AI can generate pretty much anything that ChatGPT can, but the latter produces much higher-quality content. Stories are longer with more details, scripts have more character development and better reflect the format you see in Hollywood, etc. The thing is that Bing AI isn’t trying to be your digital author, it’s meant to be the companion to the search engine.
The apple turns out to be an orange
Bing AI, being borne from ChatGPT, leads us all to think that these two chatbots would be mirror images- Bing AI is just ChatGPT with a pretty face. However, that’s not the case.
While ChatGPT is meant to be a digital Swiss army knife able to generate responses about just about anything, Bing AI is heavily tied to the search experience. It’s designed to take in your inquiries and funnel in search results, recommendations, images, and links.
You should use Bing AI if:
- You want shorter responses
- You want up-to-date information
- You want the sources for your information
- You want to swiftly do a search after getting your response
You should use ChatGPT if
- You’re going to be generating written content
- You want more detailed responses
- You want a more conversational chatbot
- You want faster responses
- You want better-formatted responses
