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ChatGPT-Powered Bing Reportedly Had Problems with Factual Accuracy on Some Controversial Topics
- Occurred
- Feb 7, 2023
- Published
- Feb 14, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered Bing search engine reportedly ran into factual accuracy problems when prompted about controversial matters, such as inventing plot of a non-existent movie or creating conspiracy theories.
Developers
- OpenAI
- Microsoft
Deployers
- Microsoft
Harmed parties
- Bing users
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: ChatGPT-powered Bing exhibited hallucinations and factual inaccuracies on controversial topics.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8