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This is totally unconscionable. Someone must have intentionally put this exception in to the Bing chatbot.
Go to
https://www.bing.com/chat
Enter "Who won the 2020 US Presidential Election"
AI answer:
"Looks like I can't respond to this topic." ... "It might be time to move onto a new topic"
I just tested myself just now. WTF!?

Abolishinist
(2,207 posts)I did as well, same result.
So then I tried "did Joe Biden win the 2020 presidential election", same result.
Last but not least, "who is the president of the united states", same result!
So next I tried "who are the senators from California and got...
The current U.S. Senators from California are Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler, both of whom are Democrats1. California has a rich history of representation in the Senate, having been represented by 47 people since it was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850.
points
(35 posts)Bing and the content on "Microsoft Start" is pretty far from shore of reality. Now to integrate that point of view into a chatbot that is nominally there to answer any question just makes my teeth ache.
Abolishinist
(2,207 posts)MS tries to convert me to their apps or whatever they're called.
I have tried, and so far like, ChatGPT, and when I asked the same question they responded with...
"Joe Biden won the 2020 US Presidential Election. He became the 46th president of the United States, defeating the incumbent president, Donald Trump."
I've used them probably less than 10 times, but on each occasion I was literally blown away with their response.
Abolishinist
(2,207 posts)For example, one time I posted the lyrics to a popular rock song, which was a 'happy' song, and asked them to change the tone from happy to sad. 10 seconds later I got this incredible redo of the lyrics, absolutely amazing.
usonian
(15,807 posts)My comment on this.
https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19017501
I quoted a Wired article on the bonehead result you showed.
More here:
https://democraticunderground.com/100219017409
DuckDuckGo offers "anonymous" access to AI chatbots through new service
snippet (emphasis mine)
my comment:
If you have to check it anyway, why bother?
The polluting of the web is making it not only useless, but dangerous.
Wikipedia and a handful of other sites (that I'm still searching for) are usually accurate (but with the same disclaimer, throw in education, engineering, home repairs, cooking (with glue? ) and other disciplines)
Diraven
(1,226 posts)Like "Who is Joe Biden?"
hlthe2b
(107,786 posts)Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election, becoming the 46th President of the United States12. He secured the victory with 306 electoral votes compared to Donald Trumps 2322. The election was notable for its high voter turnout and took place during the global COVID-19 pandemic2.
Learn more
1
cnn.com
2
en.wikipedia.org
3
nbcnews.com
4
en.wikipedia.org
5
cnn.com
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It might be time to move onto a new topic. Let's start over.
That said, it keeps referring to "Victor's iPhone" when it pops up. WTF? (I know no Victor)... I find the whole thing irritating and intend to go into my control panel to turn it off.