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Copilot AI calls journalist a child abuser, MS tries to launder responsibility


Martin Bernklau is a German journalist who reported for decades on criminal trials. He looked himself up on Bing, which suggests you use its Copilot AI. Copilot then listed a string of crimes Bernk…

The Tübingen Public Prosecutor’s Office said that no actual person had made the allegations, so no criminal offense had been committed! he was involved in a controversy where an AI chat system falsely labeled him as a convicted child molester, an escapee from a psychiatric facility, and a fraudster. Perplexity’s AI search returns similar results, but names the chat system responsible as Copilot.

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