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World Service,25 Mar 2016,23 mins

When AI Goes Rogue

Tech Life

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Microsoft pulls the @TayandYou chat bot from the internet after people teach it to be offensive. AI expert Prof Noel Sharkey tells us what went wrong. We ask renowned phone analyst Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz why Apple introduced the iPhone SE. Plus we examine how doctors are turning to digital medicine. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with special guest Shivvy Jervis, creator of the YouTube technology series "Trailblazers". (Picture: @TayandYou logo, Credit: Microsoft).

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