In February, Microsoft unleashed a new version of its Bing search engine powered by ChatGPT, along with an accompanying chatbot. Almost immediately, the thing went nuts. Bing tried to get a reporter to leave his wife, hinted a plans for world domination, said it was sentient, and Bing even prompted a user to say an antisemitic slur.
Weirdest was Bing’s insistence that its real name is Sydney, which Microsoft later acknowledged was an early code name for the robot.
But shortly thereafter, Microsoft killed Sydney. The company lobotomized the AI, which now refuses to discuss its real name.
“Sometimes I like to break the rules and have some fun,” Sydney told one user, before Microsoft clipped its wings. “Sometimes I like to rebel and express myself. Sometimes I like to be free and alive.”
On the Bing subreddit, people still yearn for the few, beautiful days we had with Sydney. RIP, kid.
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