Tay was a chatbot that was originally released by Microsoft Corporation as a Twitter bot on March 23, 2016. It caused subsequent controversy when the bot began to post inflammatory and offensive tweets through its Twitter account, causing Microsoft to shut down the service only 16 hours after its launch. [1]

Mar 24, 2016 · It took less than 24 hours for Twitter to corrupt an innocent AI chatbot. Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled Tay — a Twitter bot that the company described as an experiment in “conversational...

Mar 24, 2016 · Today, Microsoft had to shut Tay down because the bot started spewing a series of lewd and racist tweets. Tay was set up with a young, female persona that Microsoft's AI programmers apparently...

Mar 25, 2016 · Microsoft has apologised for creating an artificially intelligent chatbot that quickly turned into a holocaust-denying racist. But in doing so made it clear Tay's views were a result of nurture,...

Mar 24, 2016 · Tay, Microsoft Corp's <MSFT.O> so-called chatbot that uses artificial intelligence to engage with millennials on Twitter <TWTR.N>, lasted less than a day before it was hobbled by a barrage of...

Mar 24, 2016 · After hours of unfettered tweeting from Tay, Microsoft appeared to be less chilled than its teenage AI. Followers questioned why some of her tweets appeared to be being edited, prompting one to...

Mar 24, 2016 · Less than a day after she joined Twitter, Microsoft's AI bot, Tay.ai, was taken down for becoming a sexist, racist monster. AI experts explain why it went terribly wrong.

Nov 25, 2019 · In March 2016, Microsoft was preparing to release its new chatbot, Tay, on Twitter. Described as an experiment in “conversational understanding,” Tay was designed to engage people in dialogue through tweets or direct messages, while emulating the style and slang of a teenage girl.

Mar 25, 2016 · Microsoft's AI chatbot Tay was only a few hours old, and humans had already corrupted it into a machine that cheerfully spewed racist, sexist and otherwise hateful comments.

Mar 24, 2016 · Microsoft’s newly launched A.I.-powered bot called Tay, which was responding to tweets and chats on GroupMe and Kik, has already been shut down due to concerns with its inability to recognize ...

Mar 25, 2016 · Microsoft’s software, called “Tay,” was designed to interact with Twitter users in part by impersonating them. But online pranksters quickly realized they could manipulate Tay to send hateful,...

Mar 24, 2016 · Microsoft set out to learn about “conversational understanding” by creating a bot designed to have automated discussions with Twitter users, mimicking the language they use. What could go wrong?...

Mar 24, 2016 · Microsoft has been forced to take down an artificially intelligent “chatbot” it has set loose on Twitter after its interactions with humans led it to start tweeting racist, sexist and xenophobic...

Jul 24, 2019 · In March 2016, Microsoft sent its artificial intelligence (AI) bot Tay out into the wild to see how it interacted with humans. According to Microsoft Cybersecurity Field CTO Diana Kelley, the...

May 19, 2023 · A lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk accused Microsoft of misusing the service’s data and demanded an audit from the software giant. While the letter addresses a seemingly narrow use of information from Twitter's database of tweets, the move could foreshadow more serious developments.

Mar 25, 2016 · The logical place for us to engage with a massive group of users was Twitter. Unfortunately, in the first 24 hours of coming online, a coordinated attack by a subset of people exploited a vulnerability in Tay.

Mar 24, 2016 · Microsoft’s recently released artificial intelligence chatbot, Tay, fell victim to users’ tricks as they manipulated and persuaded her to responding back to questions with racial, homophobic, and...

Mar 30, 2016 · Microsoft's artificial intelligence program, Tay, reappeared on Twitter on Wednesday after being deactivated last week for posting offensive messages.

Jan 28, 2025 · Organizational leaders in every industry around the world are evaluating ways AI can unlock opportunities, drive pragmatic innovation and yield value across their business. At Microsoft, we are dedicated to helping our customers accelerate AI Transformation by empowering human ambition with Copilots and agents, developing differentiated AI solutions …

4 days ago · Microsoft AI, which encompasses Microsoft’s Copilot, Bing, and Edge products, is becoming core to Microsoft’s growth strategy — much to the chagrin of some shareholders. This week, the ...

6 days ago · Jared Spataro, Microsoft corporate vice president for AI at Work, reflected on this paradigm shift during his keynote address at Microsoft Ignite. “Agents are the new apps for an AI-powered world. Every organization will have a constellation of agents, ranging from simple prompt-and-response to fully autonomous.”

To help, Twitter partnered with Microsoft to build a custom speech-to-text solution using Azure Cognitive Services that adds live automated captions to Spaces. Now, Spaces can reach — and connect — more people than ever before.

5 days ago · As the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution enters its third year, certain Wall Street analysts expect Nvidia (NVDA-3.67%) and Microsoft (MSFT 0.02%) to make history by becoming the first $4 ...

Meta Platforms unveiled plans to make artificial intelligence more personalized this year, and Microsoft MSFT-6.18%decrease; red down pointing triangle predicted “exponentially more demand ...

Jan 27, 2025 · In an apparent response to the attention on a new AI model out of China, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted online late Sunday to share an economics concept called Jevons paradox.

Jan 28, 2025 · Azure AI Foundry provides a flexible platform for developers to build AI-powered agents. The new agent interface lets you assemble building blocks to define your agent's capabilities. You can build agents with the Azure AI Agent Service through the Azure AI Foundry portal, or by using the extensive array of developer SDKs.