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Problem is just as well as i do. >> 2001 had hal. 2023 has sydney. the new chat bot tied to microsoft's bing search engine is setting off a few alarm bells. this weekend kevin russ spent two hours talking to the increasingly unhinged bot and the conversation turned creepy, enough to make even the most unflappable of journalists become very much flapped. >> i'm a tech journalist and i cover this stuff every day and i was deeply unnerved by this conversation. if someone and didn't understand that this is just a large language bot making predictions, i worry they could be manipulated or persuaded...

Learn from interactions we are adjusting its responses to create coherent, relevant, and positive answers. we heard users to continue using their best judgment and use the feedback button at the bottom right of every being page. therein lies the rub. you came away from this deeply rattled because you felt that it was so unsettling in what it was telling you that it could encourage people to do bad things. >> yeah. i'm a tech journalist, and i cover this stuff every day, and i was deeply unnerved by this conversation. if someone had encountered this who was maybe lonely or depressed or vulnerab...

Social networks, the platforms could prove irresistible. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. kara swisher is a tech journalist and the host of two podcasts, pivot and on with kara swisher for new york media. shejoins us now from washington. a very warm welcome to the programme. you called this, didn't you, before this was actually announced by nick clegg. actually announced by nick clea ., , actually announced by nick clegg-- how _ actually announced by nick clegg.- how did - actually announced by nick clegg. yes. how did you know? festival, clegg. yes. how did you know? festival. i _ clegg. y...

You can't go home again. i'm gone. >> it's happened before. starbucks. >> i gave up my id, my name tag, my office. if i wanted to run a company, i'd still be running disney. i did that. >> never say never. that's the lesson there. tech journalist and host of "on kara swisher," kara swisher joining us. what happened behind the scenes that led to this? >> i think a lot of problems with bob championship per, who i call bob two. i think he wasn't doing very well. i think disney is in a little bit of a state, spending all that money on streaming. they've got a lot of challenges. they wanted to brin...