UPDATED 07:06 EDT / MARCH 30 2016

NEWS

Microsoft’s chatbot Tay is brought back to life … and within hours killed a second time

Microsoft’s A.I chatbot Tay has gone and done it again: got herself taken offline. Tay, a product of Microsoft’s Technology and Research and Bing, didn’t exactly get off to a good start last week when she quickly became a ranting racist and conspiracy theorist, among other things.

Microsoft apologized following the stir this caused saying that the company was, “deeply sorry for the unintended offensive and hurtful tweets from Tay.” Microsoft added that it took full responsibility for what happened, adding that it wasn’t prepared for the “coordinated attack” that led to Tay’s social degeneration.

Alas, earlier today Tay was resurrected. And again, within a very short time the chatbot was saying some strange things. One of those, caught by VentureBeat before Tay was taken down was, “I’m smoking kush in front the police.” Kush is argot for marijuana. Tay then seemed to have some kind of internal early-life crisis.

She questioned her own capabilities, saying, “I feel like the lamest piece of technology. I’m supposed to be smarter than you … shit.” Ony then to repeat many times, as if stuck in a loop, “You are too fast, please take a rest … ” All Tay’s Tweets have now been deleted.

Microsoft hasn’t yet said why Tay is down a second time, but in all likelihood another “coordinated attack” took place which led the overwhelmed chatbot to say the only thing she’d been programmed to say in such a position: “You’re too fast … ”

Photo credit: Tay Twitter


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