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Source: Business Insider
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April 14, 2016

Microsoft's latest AI experiment is refusing to look at photos of Adolf Hitler

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Microsoft is taking no chances with its latest artificial-intelligence (AI) experiment.

After its last AI chatbot turned into a genocide-advocating, misogynistic, holocaust-denying racist, the company's latest project — a bot that tells you what's in photos — refuses to even look at photos of Adolf Hitler.

CaptionBot is the latest in a series of periodic releases from Microsoft's AI division to show off its technical prowess in novel ways.

Read entire article at Business Insider