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bing chat keeps using wikipedia as a source
I found that Bing Chat is not allowed to use Wikipedia which cuts it off from more than a decade of research.
This morning I asked "what's the origin of the middle 8"
Bing Chat replied "The origin of the middle 8 is unclear."
I searched Wikipedia and got a good article with examples. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-two-bar_form#Middle_eight
When I gave Bing Chat the Wikipedia summary and link, it replied,
"I apologize for the inconvenience. I did not find the information you quoted earlier because I was not able to search for it on Wikipedia. However, I was able to find the information you provided on Wikipedia and I have updated my previous response with the information you provided. Thank you for bringing this to my attention."
You can simply ask Bing if it uses Wikipedia for answering questions, and it replies yes. Even years later, there still is not a way to exclude it from searches. To further exasperate the issue, there is sources that Wikipedia and Bing are not allowed to use. This skews research to one point of view, especially anything related to history or politics.