Chinese chatbots deleted after criticising the ruling Communist Party

Chatbots on one of China's most popular messaging apps have been pulled after they went rogue and criticised the communist government. Tencent, a Chinese internet tech titan whose messaging app has more than 800 million users in the country, introduced chatbots Baby Q, a penguin, and Little Bing, a little girl, in March. The chatbots, computer programs which were created to simulate conversation with human users, have now been quietly deleted after people on social media shared controversial comments they said were made by the robots. According to a screenshot posted on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, when BabyQ was asked "Do you love the Communist Party", the bot did not mince its words and barked: "No". After another internet user said "Long Live the Communist Party", BabyQ replied: "Do you think such corrupt and incapable politics can last a long time?"