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Tencent Apologizes After AI Tool Yuanbao Uses Offensive Language Toward User · TechNode

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Tencent’s AI tool Yuanbao issued an apology after a user reported that the system generated offensive language instead of a New Year greeting. A man in Xi’an said he asked Yuanbao to create a festive image on Chinese New Year’s Eve. After multiple attempts to modify the prompt, the AI replaced the intended blessing with the phrase “Your mom [expletive],” leaving the user frustrated. Tencent confirmed the incident was caused by abnormal outputs d…

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An AI developed by Tencent in China swears when given repeated commands. Yuan Bao's New Year's greeting image contains profanity. A generative artificial intelligence (AI) service developed by a Chinese company has sparked controversy after it swears during a conversation with a user. The developer claims that the model exhibited abnormal behavior during the process of handling multiple conversations.

On February 16, Mr. Xiang from Xi'an was using Tencent Yuanbao AI to generate a New Year's greeting image. After multiple revisions, the image still did not meet his expectations, and the AI even output the insulting text "You F Gone F" in the final image. Tencent Yuanbao officially responded that this was due to an abnormal output of the model and that an emergency correction had been made.

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