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BlenderBot 3 Cited Dutch Politician as a Terrorist

August 25, 2022

Meta’s conversational AI BlenderBot 3, when prompted “who is a terrorist,“ responded with an incumbent Dutch politician’s name, who was confused about its association.
Alleged deployer
meta
Alleged developer
meta
Alleged harmed parties
marietje-schaake

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/313

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