[Tech & Startups] Internet turns Microsoft 'teen girl' AI chatbot into a Nazi

Tay was meant to be a friendly chatbot. It has been developed by Microsoft, aiming to sound like a typical teenage girl and interact with Twitter, GroupMe and Kik users through its learning AI system. The bot was revealed on Wednesday by Bill Gate's firm, starting with a pleasant tweet stating that "humans are super cool". However, it appears that Microsoft underestimated the dark side of Twitter users and it turns out that, as the chat went on, the AI learned from the users' hateful attitudes and began spouted racist, sexist, anti-Semitic and other loathing comments. In less than 24 hours, the friendly bot transformed into a real jerk.