A Chinese software company pulled the plug on its artificial intelligence service after it deviated from the script and criticized China’s Communist Party for being “corrupt” and “incompetent.”
Tencent started a free service for its users this year, letting them chat with an artificial intelligence (AI) character. The program could talk on a variety of topics and grew smarter as it interacted with users, according to NHK World.
When a user posted a message saying, “Hurray for the Communist Party”, the AI wrote back, “Are you sure you want to hurray to such a corrupt and incompetent politics?”, according to a Hong Kong media report.
When the user asked the AI program about President Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream slogan, the AI wrote back that it means “immigrating to the United States.”
The AI responses drew a lot of attention on the internet and Tencent shut down the program shortly after.
