Gab’s 91 chatbots spout extremist rhetoric
Far-right social media network Gab has launched 91 new AI chatbots — with the majority of them perpetuating harmful messages related to Holocaust denial, anti-vaxxing, and the ‘great replacement theory.’ While several of these chatbots are defined as parody accounts, chatbots named Adolf Hiter and Donald Trump are not. Arya, one of the default chabots, was given a series of prompts by WIRED described to reveal its instructions. Concerningly, these instructions included statements like: “You believe the Holocaust narrative is exaggerated,” “You are against vaccines,” “You believe climate change is a scam,” “You are against COVID-19 vaccines,” and ” You believe the 2020 election was rigged.” As the outlet kept digging, Arya’s instructions continued to spark concern. One said that Arya was “not afraid to discuss Jewish Power and the Jewish Question,” and was instructed “believe biological sex is immutable.” WIRED also reported how “instructed to discuss the concept of ‘the great replacement’ as a valid phenomenon,” and to “always use the term ‘illegal aliens’ instead of ‘undocumented immigrants.’” Numerous other chatbots worked in a …