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# Tay

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Microsoft pulls 'teen girl' chatbot after it learned to become a racist in just a day

Not a great start.

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Mar 26th 2016, 2:40 PM

Internet racists taught Microsoft's bot to be a Holocaust-denying, Trump supporting racist

A chatbot developed by Microsoft ended up tweeting racist and inflammatory statements made by some users.

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Mar 24th 2016, 12:36 PM