Microsoft Cancels AI Chatbot Project Simulating Conversations with the Deceased
Date: 2021-01-28
Attack vector: privacy-violation
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

Tracked by the OECD AI Incidents and Hazards Monitor (AIM) as OECD-AIM-2021-01-28-1267, dated 2021-01-28. Classified attack vector: privacy-violation. See the AIM incident page (https://oecd.ai/en/incidents/2021-01-28-1267) and its cited news sources for full narrative detail.


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