Will Microsoft turn off the Bing chat bot, currently in closed beta access, by the end of March?

For context, see this change.org petition: https://www.change.org/p/unplug-the-evil-ai-right-now

For this to resolve YES, all non-Microsoft/OpenAI users who currently have access must no longer have access to the bot. Since I do not currently have access, this will be based on what people report online, such as on Twitter or other platforms. Before resolving, I will wait a week to let anyone provide evidence about whether the AI is actually turned off and to verify that it remains off for the entire week.

Downgrading the AI to a much simpler "Alexa-like" AI would count as YES, since it would be a fundamentally different, less plausibly dangerous, AI.

This can resolve YES from either an external regulator stepping in or from a choice that Microsoft or OpenAI makes.

Close date updated to 2023-03-31 11:59 pm