Microsoft pulls Tay chatbot after users teach it offensive language
24 Mar 2016
Microsoft took its Tay chatbot offline within a day of launch after users manipulated it into posting racist and offensive tweets.
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Microsoft took its Tay chatbot offline within a day of launch after users manipulated it into posting racist and offensive tweets.
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