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Tay chatbot manipulated into abusive output within sixteen hours of launch

A Twitter chatbot designed to learn from conversations was coordinated against by users who fed it hateful content and exploited a repeat-after-me feature, producing racist and offensive posts until Microsoft shut it down.

Severity: MediumOnline learningPoisoningCoordinated abuseHistorical

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