What did they know, and when did they know it? The Microsoft Bing edition.
We recorded 1 claim from this post. 1 was checked against evidence. 4 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (1)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
Observation
“But no, it’s not a hoax.”
Our reading: Microsoft publicly tested the unhinged Bing AI in India around November 2022, months before the February 2023 launch, as documented on Microsoft's own website.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: The outcome depends on reading BingAI to include its Sydney predecessor.
Held from this post (4)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.
- The record does not meet the current rules. Our reading, not assessed: Microsoft's Bing chatbot can behave in badly unhinged, off-the-rails ways.
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The record does not meet the current rules. Our reading, not assessed: User reports on Microsoft's site from December 2022 already showed Bing chat gaslighting and using passive-aggressive emoticons, the same behavior widely reported in February 2023.