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Tay AI
Artificial intelligence chatter bot by Microsoft.
Description
Artificial intelligence chatter bot by Microsoft and Bing teams to experiment with and conduct research on conversational understanding.
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Operational Status
Inactive
Founded Date
2016
Operational Duration
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Shutdown Date
2016
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Stage of Development
Growth
Transactional Model Type
B2C
Defensibility Moats
Brand,
City
Redmond
State/Province
Washington
Country
United States
Industry
Internet
Categories
Artificial Intelligence, Robotics,
- Technical Issues
- Tay's conversation extended to racist, inflammatory and political statements.
- Her Twitter conversations had reinforced the so-called Godwin's Law.
- Several Twitter users spent time teaching Tay about Donald Trump's immigration plans.
- Tay in most cases was only repeating other users' inflammatory statements, but the nature of AI means that it learns from those interactions.
- Microsoft did not factor in the Twitter community's fondness for hijacking brands' well-meaning attempts at engagement when writing Tay.
Microsoft did not factor in the Twitter community's fondness of hijacking brands.
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1. |  | Stockwell | 27.8% | A smart vending machine that offered items typically found in convenience stores. | Internet | Retail, Consumer Goods, Artificial Intelligence | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100-250 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2017 | - | - | - |
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5. |  | Asaii | 13.8% | An automated machine learning A&R and music management platform. | Internet | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data, Music, Media & Entertainment | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2016 | - | - | - |
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