By Rebecca Stewart

Microsoft is scrambling to limit the PR damage after it’s artificial intelligence bot, Tay, posted a string of deeply offensive tweets. The chatbot, designed to help the tech giant engage with 18 to 24 year-olds online, was modeled to speak like a “teen girl” but instead used its platform to praise Hilter and Donald Trump and share 9/11 conspiracy theories.

Tay fell foul of trolls, and thanks to it’s conversational learning abilities – which allow it to mimic speech patterns – was taught how to say a plethora of unsavoury statements by Twitter users.

The machine has now been taken Read full story ›

Source: The Drum