Is This AI Chatbot a Homophobe?

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Recently, the Twitch stream was suspended after one of these comedy stand-up segments when Larry Feinberg, the virtual comedian said some things that were homophobic and transphobic. And it does seem like this is a place we've been before. It seems like often is the case that you will let an AI chat bot have a little bit of room to run. Next thing you know, they are reflecting all of the biases in our society.

Microsoft’s release of a ChatGPT-powered Bing signifies a new era in search. Then, a disastrous preview of Bard — Google’s answer to ChatGPT — caused the company’s stocks to slide 7 percent. The A.I. arms race is on.

Plus: What “Nothing, Forever,” the 24/7, A.I.-generated “Seinfeld” parody, says about bias in A.I.

On today’s episode:

Sam Altman is the chief executive of OpenAI.
Kevin Scott is the chief technology officer of Microsoft.

Additional reading:

Microsoft integrated OpenAI's technology into its search engine and kicked off an A.I. arms race.
Google released Bard, a rival chatbot to ChatGPT.
“Nothing, Forever” was temporarily banned on Twitch.