How Microsoft's AI Turned Into a Racist Jerk with Zero Chill

The bot, which was primarily targeted at 18- to 24-year-olds, was designed to "engage and entertain people" through "casual and playful conversation." But, after a short period of interacting with Twitter users, Tay began to spit out some of the most obscene statements known to man. Tay's bio, which coins her as "Microsoft's AI fan from the Internet that's got zero chill," is remarkably accurate. From praising Hitler and disputing the existence of the holocaust, to advocating genocide and calling Black people the'N word,' Tay was completely out of control. And, although Microsoft has deleted most of her most inappropriate statements, many of us are left to wonder how this sort of thing could happen in the first place.