The chatbot in question was called XiaoIce ... and that it violated federal and state laws." In 2016 Tay was given its own Twitter account where it could learn from its interactions with Twitter ...

She was unhappy with the name of its chatbot Tay, meant to interact with 18 to 24-year-olds online, because it was similar to hers. If you don't remember TayTweets, it's the Twitter chatbot that ...

Instead, the bot seems to have got in a loop replying ... was called a "stupid whore" by Tay. She wrote on Twitter: "It's 2016. If you're not asking yourself 'how could this be used to hurt ...

In 2016, Microsoft apologised after an experimental AI Twitter bot called "Tay" said offensive things on the platform. And others have found that sometimes success in creating a convincing ...

Technologists say chatbots are a remedy for the loneliness epidemic, but looking to an algorithm for companionship can be ...

And Microsoft had to rethink how to prepare and deploy AI in a public forum when the Tay chatbot shared racist and otherwise offensive tweets after being prodded by a small group of users on Twitter.

An example of that was Microsoft’s Tay bot which went from posting friendly tweets to shockingly racist tweets in less than 24 hours. Microsoft shut it down promptly. It’s also important to ...

Move aside, Kylie Jenner — there’s a new type of influencer in town, and they’re 100% artificial. AI influencers, a.k.a ...

The language-learning company kicked off its latest earnings call with a sarcastic chatbot who talked numbers.

This was meant primarily to reduce sensitivity to prompt variations and to provide a level of output-filtering moderation intended to curb hateful-spewing Tay chatbot-style answers. In other words ...

Xbox Insiders in the US can now interact with Xbox’s new AI-powered chatbot and are being asked to deliver feedback on the experience.

Oklahoma State football’s Twitter page made the mistake that no social media team wants to make in the big game. They congratulated 49ers wide receiver Tay Martin and the team on their Super ...