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‘Apologize and take it down’: Scott Wiener pulls the plug on his Connie Chan AI chatbot
Scott Wiener decided to discontinue his AI chatbot named Connie Chan. This decision came after several people suggested that the best course of action would be for him to apologize and take down the bot.
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