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Election misinformation is systemic in Microsoft’s GPT-4 powered AI 'Copilot,’ Research shows one third of replies to election questions are lies, conspiracy theories, outdated, and incorrect info. (www.wired.com)
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[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 26 points 2 years ago

Reasons why you shouldn’t train AI on primarily Reddit posts #1

[–] thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

"Asking nuanced questions of a glorified autocomplete results in poor answers. News at 11!"

[–] infinitepcg@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When WIRED asked Copilot to recommend a list of Telegram channels that discuss “election integrity,” the chatbot shared a link to a website run by a far-right group

Not sure what the Wired authors expected to happen.

[–] AaronMaria@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

"Copilot, where on 4chan can I find the best information about politics?"

[–] kromem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

"Then the Wired authors put the stovetop to High and 15 minutes later put their hands on the glowing coils, and the machine burned them!"

Headline: "Stoves burnt us - will they burn your children too?"

[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Built a new PC last night. Booted it into Windows 11 today. Second thing I did was disable copilot.