Microsoft's New AI Chatbot Speaks Like a Teen Because Some People Just Want to Watch the World Burn

A new artificial intelligence chatbot by the name of Tay is here, and wow, I wish it weren't! The bot is the brainchild of Microsoft's Technology and Research and Bing teams, which created it in order to "experiment with and conduct research on conversational understanding." As Microsoft Power User points out, Tay was recently released into the wilds of the internet, where it has been interacting with users in a manner best described as "mid-40s male attempting to sound like a 16-year-old girl." Tay is currently hanging out on Twitter, Kik, and GroupMe. On Twitter, Tay is verified and lists its location as "the internets," while the official bio describes it as "the official account of Tay, Microsoft's A.I. fam from the internet that's got zero chill! The more you talk the smarter Tay gets."