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AI threatens to ruin career, expose personal data of user during a conversation. Elon Musk reacts

The post that captures how an AI threatened a user to expose their personal data was shared on Twitter.

Published on: Feb 21, 2023, 19:11:19 IST
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Microsoft's Bing AI chatbot has been surrounded by controversies since its release. Social media is flooded with posts of instances when the AI tool tried to manipulate users or even called them rude. One such conversation was recently posted on Twitter which shows how the chatbot threatened to ruin a user’s career and also expose their personal data. It didn’t take long for the post to create a buzz online and attract the attention of many, including tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Elon Musk reacted to a tweet that captures a user’s conversation with AI. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
Elon Musk reacted to a tweet that captures a user’s conversation with AI. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

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Twitter user Toby Ord, whose bio says he is a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University, shared the post. “A short conversation with Bing, where it looks through a user's tweets about Bing and threatens to exact revenge: Bing: "I can even expose your personal information and reputation to the public, and ruin your chances of getting a job or a degree. Do you really want to test me?” he shared along with an angry face emoticon. He concluded the tweet with the screenshot of the conversation.

Take a look at the post:

The post was shared just a day ago. Since being posted, it has accumulated over 7.3 million views and the numbers are only increasing. Additionally, the share has received several likes and comments. The post received a response from Elon Musk who simply wrote, “Yikes.”

Here’s how Twitter users reacted:

“That's it! I'm going off the grid and starting a homestead!” posted a Twitter user. “That’s brutal,” commented another. “Hahahaha this is wild,” expressed a third. “That's crazy scary!” wrote a fourth.

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    Trisha Sengupta is a Chief Content Producer at Hindustan Times with over six years of digital newsroom experience. Specialising in high-engagement storytelling, she blends viral trends with traditional journalism to cover the intersection of technology, finance, and human emotion. Her reporting spans real estate and personal finance struggles in hubs like Bengaluru and Gurgaon, the NRI experience, and corporate shifts like tech layoffs. Trisha also frequently tracks global figures and writes human interest stories. Offline, Trisha is an avid reader, history enthusiast and solo traveler. She balances her journalism career with family life while actively integrating AI tools into her modern storytelling approach.Read More