Incident #504·Misinformation
Bing Chat's Outputs Featured in Demo Video Allegedly Contained False Information
Description
Microsoft's demo video of Bing Chat reportedly featured false or made up information such as non-existent pet vacuums features or false figures on financial statements.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- microsoft
Alleged Developers
- openai
- microsoft
Harmed Parties
- microsoft
Classification
Risk Domain
MisinformationRisk Subdomain
3.1. False or misleading information
MIT Risk Profile
AIUnintentionalPost-deployment
Source
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