NYC’s AI Chatbot Has Been , Telling Businesses to Break the Law.
New York City’s AI chatbot was created to help small business owners, but it’s been dispensing concerning advice, AP reports.
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For example, many small business owners havebeen given inaccurate information about local policies or been encouraged to break the law.
However, the city is not removingthe chatbot from its official website.
Instead, it has provided a disclaimer stating that the chatbot may “occasionally produce incorrect, harmful or biased” information.
Critics say that the situation highlightsthe dangers of AI being used bygovernments without proper guardrails.
They’re rolling out software thatis unproven without oversight, Julia Stoyanovich, computer science professorand director of the Center for Responsible AIat New York University, via statement.
It’s clear they have no intention of doing what’s responsible, Julia …