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Microsoft is announcing a new AI-powered chat tool that\u2019s designed to offer a higher level of data protection for businesses with privacy and security concerns about generative AI tools. Bing Chat Enterprise is launching in preview today and will be included in select Microsoft 365 plans at no additional cost. It\u2019s accessible \u201cwherever Bing Chat is supported,\u201d according to Microsoft\u2019s press release, which includes Bing.com<\/a> \/ chat and the Microsoft Edge sidebar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cUsing AI tools that aren\u2019t built for the enterprise inadvertently puts sensitive business data at risk,\u201d Microsoft\u2019s press release reads. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Bing Chat Enterprise is Microsoft\u2019s response to these concerns. When business users access the service, the company says that their \u201cchat data is not saved\u201d and that data is not used to further train AI models. \u201cMicrosoft has no eyes-on access \u2013 which means no one can view your data,\u201d the company says, adding that the service offers \u201ccommercial data protection.\u201d That differs from Microsoft\u2019s Bing chatbot, which uses \u201cboth automated and manual reviews of prompts shared with Bing\u201d to \u201crespond to and monitor inappropriate behavior,\u201d Microsoft\u00a0confirmed to\u00a0The Telegraph<\/em><\/a> in February.\u00a0Microsoft\u2019s Bing chatbot<\/a> is built upon OpenAI\u2019s GPT-4 model.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Otherwise, it sounds like Bing Chat Enterprise should provide a similar user experience to Bing Chat. It\u2019ll still provide answers with citations as well as visual answers including charts and images. It\u2019ll be available free with existing Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard, and Business Premium subscriptions, and the company also plans to sell a standalone subscription in the future for $5 per user per month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n While Bing Chat Enterprise aims to address privacy and security concerns of businesses, other issues with using generative AI in the workplace remain. One lawyer found out the hard way that the software can hallucinate cases that don\u2019t exist<\/a>, while AI-written articles have been criticized for being filled with inaccurate information<\/a>. In its early days, Bing users delighted in sharing the various ways Microsoft\u2019s chatbot had outright lied to them<\/a>. Bing Chat Enterprise might claim to be a more secure way to use generative AI at work, but you should still be going through its results with a fine-tooth comb before using them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n