Microsoft tests new AI chatbot ‘Zo’ after shutting down ‘Tay’ earlier this year

One of the responses I've seen from Zo was a static response about Xiaoice, "U KNO HER???", and it was the exact same as Tay. Presumably Zo has some new logic, hopefully to prevent the same problems for occurring, but it really is pretty much Tay 2.0 under another name.

They seem to have "solved" the problem with a large blacklist of terms and topics. If you mention any of the things that got Tay into trouble the Zo will simply say that she is uncomfortable with the direction of the conversation and stop replying if you repeat it. They have also removed some features such as face recognition in photos (all photo features have been removed actually) since I assume it is harder to blacklist photos of hitler and concentration camps than it is to blacklist words.

>Do you know Cortana?

>Cortana is a great assistant and im a great friend

>What about zune?

>I liked Zune. :(

>I do miss tay.ai though

>i think you're talking about another ai that i'm not too familiar with... sry

me> Did you see that ludicrous display last night? zo: What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early