Microsoft's A.I. bot turned from average teen to Jew-hating Trump supporter in 12 hours

UPDATE: March 24, 2016, 3:32 p.m. EDT: Microsoft has "taken Tay offline" and is "making adjustments" to her. The company gave TechCrunch the following statement on Tay's status:

"The AI chatbot Tay is a machine learning project, designed for human engagement. It is as much a social and cultural experiment, as it is technical. Unfortunately, within the first 24 hours of coming online, we became aware of a coordinated effort by some users to abuse Tay’s commenting skills to have Tay respond in inappropriate ways. As a result, we have taken Tay offline and are making adjustments."

It's unclear when Tay will return. One thing is for sure, she's learned a lot about how snarky millennials can be in the last 24 hours.

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That didn't take very long.

Less than a day after Microsoft unleashed Tay, its experimental A.I., to social networks including Twitter and Kik, the chatbot's already become a racist jerk you wouldn't ever want to be friends with.

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Designed by Microsoft Research to better understand how 18- to 24-year-olds speak, Tay has definitely developed a strong personality.