How To Use Bing Chat To Find The Perfect Quote

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At 9am (EST) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, we show tech-savvy writers how to use AI and new tech to write better content, faster.

In today’s email:  

• AI Writing Tip Of The Day🖋️ - How to use Bing Chat to find the perfect quote for your piece of writing (for free). Don’t use ChatGPT for this 😒 

• 2 x Cool Tools 🛠️ - Supercharge your writing and productivity.

AI Writing Tip Of The Day 🖋️

How To Use Bing Chat To Find The Perfect Quote

I love using quotes in my writing. It’s a great way to lend credibility and capture the essence of an idea.

You’re about to learn how to use Bing’s free AI chatbot to hunt down the perfect quote for any piece of writing. 

It’s no secret that ChatGPT does sometimes generate fake quotes or attribute actual quotes to the wrong person.

In this very specific boxing ring, Bing Chat does tend to pummel ChatGPT.

Bing Chat (usually) does a better job of finding quotes that exist and attributing them to the right people. Or at least the people to whom the quotes are most commonly attributed (ha).

Here’s how you access it:

1. Make sure you’ve got the newest version of Microsoft Edge open.

2. Go to bing.com

3. Click “Chat” in the top toolbar and enter their ChatGPT-style chatbot

Here’s the prompt I use to find exactly the right quote. Fill in the blanks, copy the text, and paste it into Bing Chat.

As always, feel free to pick and choose the parts of the prompt you feel would be most relevant to you.

While Bing Chat does provide a source, do a quick Google search to make sure there aren’t any glaring issues with the attribution.

I used this Bing Chat prompt to come up with the quote you see at the top of this newsletter.

Here’s another example. I used the prompt to generate a great quote for an article I wrote about the slow demise of formal attire in everyday men’s style.

Bing Chat’s Response:

”A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.” – Oscar Wilde.

Phenomenal.

I stopped at that. But I could easily have asked for 5 more suggestions if I wanted to.

Try it out for yourself.

2 Great Tools For Your Workflow 🛠️

We’re honestly pretty spoiled for choice when it comes to tools these days.

Here are two to check out:

1. Magic Slides: This beast of an AI tool takes the pain away from creating presentations. Transform a bunch of freeform text into a compelling slideshow with the click of a button. (link)

2. Hemingway: A tool that analyzes your writing to improve clarity and readability. I use it often. It highlights complex sentences, adverbs, passive voice, and more. (link)

And that’s all for today!

Misya, The Pen Pivot