Microsoft flip-flops on reining in Bing AI chatbot

Microsoft is trying to walk the line between pushing its tools out to the real world to build marketing hype and get free testing and feedback from users, versus limiting what the bot can do and who has access to it so as to keep potentially embarrassing or dangerous tech out of public view. The company initially got plaudits from Wall Street for launching its chatbot before archrival Google, which up until recently had broadly been seen as the leader in AI tech. Both companies are engaged in a race with each other and smaller firms to develop and show off the tech.