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Snapchat's My AI's Story scares people

By Athik Saleh

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Unexplained AI story

Snapchat users were alarmed when My AI unexpectedly posted a Story featuring a seemingly innocuous video of a wall or ceiling.

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My AI ignored

Instead of responding to inquiries, the AI also started ignoring users and provided generic responses, sparking speculation of sentience.

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Temporary outage fixed

Snap attributed the incident to a temporary outage, which has been fixed since then. The issue, however, freaked out Snapchat users. 

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My AI chatbot

Launched globally earlier this year, My AI chatbot is designed to provide helpful assistance and only interacts when prompted.

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AI denies posting

Once back online, users questioned My AI about the strange Story, but the chatbot insisted it hadn't posted one.

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