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Microsoft's Copilot Falsely Accuses Court Reporter of Crimes He Covered
An anonymous reader shares a report: Language models generate text based on statistical probabilities. This led to serious false accusations against a veteran court reporter by Microsoft's Copilot. German journalist Martin Bernklau typed his name and location into Microsoft's Copilot to see how his ...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Language models generate text based on statistical probabilities. Copilot even went so far as to claim that it was "unfortunate" that someone with such a criminal past had a family and, according to SWR, provided Bernklau's full address with phone number and route planner. Perplexity.ai drafts a similar response based on the SWR article, explicitly naming Microsoft Copilot as the AI system.
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