Incident #468·Misinformation

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

February 7, 20235 reportsView on AIID

Description

Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered Bing search engine reportedly ran into factual accuracy problems when prompted about controversial matters, such as inventing plot of a non-existent movie or creating conspiracy theories.

Actors

Alleged Deployers

microsoft

Alleged Developers

openai
microsoft

Harmed Parties

bing-users

Classification

Risk Domain

Misinformation

Risk Subdomain

3.1. False or misleading information

MIT Risk Profile

AIUnintentionalPost-deployment

Source

Databaseaiid

LicenseCC BY-SA 4.0

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Source Reports(5 total)

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theverge.com· Feb 2023

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