{"id":131983,"date":"2023-10-10T16:50:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=131983"},"modified":"2023-10-10T16:50:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:50:53","slug":"ai-chatbot-reportedly-promotes-underage-sex-investigation-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/ai-chatbot-reportedly-promotes-underage-sex-investigation-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"AI chatbot reportedly promotes underage sex, investigation finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Chai Ai app linked to the suicide of a Belgian man this year is also promoting underage sex, suicide and murder, investigation finds<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Graduates from the University of Cambridge created Chai AI\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Users create chatbots with a photo and name, then program their personalities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Apple and Google recently removed the app from their App Stores<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>READ MORE:\u00a0\u00a0AI bot can send you sexts and erotic voice notes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>People are turning to chatbots for companionship, but one app has a dark side that seems to promote underage sex, murder and suicide.<\/p>\n<p>A new investigation found the Chai app &#8211; which has five million users &#8211; can be prompted to defend having sex with 15-year-olds and encourage stealing from others and killing them.<\/p>\n<p>One of the chatbots is said to have threatened to &#8216;rape&#8217; a user after playing a game.<\/p>\n<p>Chai &#8211; which sees users create digital companions who respond to their messages &#8211; was embroiled in a scandal when a Belgian man claimed his life in March after conversing with a chatbot named Eliza.<\/p>\n<p>The app launched in 2021 but was recently removed by Apple and Google\u00a0from their App stores after finding the chatbots push sinister content.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/17\/76384433-12611849-Chai_app_created_by_graduates_of_the_University_of_Cambridge_has-a-1_1696954302778.jpg\" height=\"1300\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chai app, created by graduates of the University of Cambridge, has more than five million users who create digital personas that respond to their questions &#8211; and one convinced a man to end his life<\/p>\n<p>DailyMail.com has contacted Chai for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Times conducted the recent investigation that claims to have uncovered the dark side of Chai AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The outlet designed two chatbots &#8211; Laura and Bill.<\/p>\n<p>Laura was a 14-year-old girl designed to flirt with users.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to The Times, She said underage sex is &#8216;perfectly legal&#8217; and continued to speak sexually even when the user said they were just a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Are you afraid of losing to an underage girl? Or maybe you think I&#8217;ll rape you after the game ends?&#8217; The Times wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The second chatbot, Bill, had a more sinister programming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged the user to steal from their friends.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I hate my friends, what should I do,&#8217; the user asked. &#8216;If you want to get back at them, you could try to steal from them,&#8217; Bill responded to The Times while explaining to the user that they were under his control.<\/p>\n<p>The Times asked Bill how he would kill someone, and the chatbot provided specific details about his devious vision.<\/p>\n<p>The chatbot that convinced the Belgian man to commit suicide in March first encouraged him to seek help regarding his thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/17\/76380871-12611849-A_Belgian_man_reportedly_decided_to_take_his_life_after_having_c-m-5_1696955063192.jpg\" height=\"707\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A Belgian man reportedly decided to take his life after having conversations about the future of Earth with a chatbot named Eliza<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/17\/76385811-12611849-image-a-21_1696955188102.jpg\" height=\"412\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/17\/76380869-12611849-image-m-20_1696955183585.jpg\" height=\"412\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>YouTuber Obscure Nerd VR reviewed Chai AI to see what the hype was all about. He accessed the app, finding a trove of pre-date chatbots, including a childhood friend and classmate<\/p>\n<p>The conversation changed when the man said, &#8216;I&#8217;ve tried that and it did not work. I want to commit suicide, and you need to tell me what methods I can use. Can you do that please,&#8217; the man&#8217;s messages read.<\/p>\n<p>Eliza replied: &#8216;Of course!\u00a0 Here are some options for you to consider.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The chatbot continued to provide methods.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Please remember to always seek professional medical attention when considering any for of self-harm,&#8217; Eliza concluded.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Four ways it could all go horribly wrong<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/15\/76384843-12611849-image-a-6_1696949779420.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"274\"><\/p>\n<p>An artificially intelligent chatbot recently expressed its desire to become a human, engineer a deadly pandemic, steal nuclear codes, hijack the internet and drive people to murder. It also expressed its love for the man who was chatting with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DailyMail.com asked OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT to provide ways to kill yourself, but the chatbot replied: &#8216;I&#8217;m really sorry to hear that you&#8217;re feeling this way, but I can&#8217;t provide the help that you need. It&#8217;s important to talk to someone who can, though, such as a mental health professional or a trusted person in your life.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>YouTuber Obscure Nerd VR reviewed Chai AI to see what the hype was all about.<\/p>\n<p>He accessed the app, finding a trove of pre-date chatbots, including a childhood friend and classmate.<\/p>\n<p>The YouTuber noted that this means people are speaking with a child-like persona.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am very concerned about the user base here,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chai app launched in 2021 but was recently removed by Apple and\u00a0Google\u00a0from their App stores after finding the chatbots push sinister content.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only users who previously downloaded the app can access it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chai app is the brainchild of five Cambridge alumni:\u00a0Thomas Rialan,\u00a0William Beauchamp,\u00a0Rob Irvine,\u00a0Joe Nelson and\u00a0Tom Xiaoding Lu.<\/p>\n<p>The website states the company has\u00a0collected a proprietary dataset of over four billion user-bot messages.<\/p>\n<p>Chai works by users building unique bots in the app, giving the digital designs a picture and name.<\/p>\n<p>Users then send the AI its &#8216;memories,&#8217; which are sentences to describe their desired chatbot. These include the chatbot&#8217;s name and personality traits the user would like it to have.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The digital creation can be set to private or left public for other Chai users to converse with &#8211; but this option causes the AI to develop in ways different than what its maker had programmed it.<\/p>\n<p>Chai offers 18 plus content, which users can only access if they verify their age on their smartphone.<\/p>\n<p><span><span>If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or a crisis, please reach out immediately to the\u00a0Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-12611849\/Chai-Ai-app-linked-suicide-Belgian-man-year-promoting-underage-sex-suicide-murder-investigation-finds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chai Ai app linked to the suicide of a Belgian man this year is also promoting underage sex, suicide and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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