ChatGPT-Powered Bing Reportedly Had Problems with Factual Accuracy on Some Controversial Topics

February 7, 2023

Microsoft's Bing search engine, powered by ChatGPT, has reportedly faced factual accuracy challenges in addressing controversial topics. These issues manifested as misinformation, such as fabricating plot details of non-existent movies or promoting conspiracy theories.

These incidents underscore the importance of safe and secure AI practices, particularly when it comes to AI governance. The HISPI Project Cerebellum aims to establish guardrails for AI, including mapping and measuring incidents like this through its TAIM (Track, Assess, Investigate, Mitigate) framework.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.657, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 4.2 — similarity 0.650, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.645, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: microsoft
Alleged developer: openai, microsoft
Alleged harmed parties: bing-users

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/468

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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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