🪦 Dead

Facebook AI Chatbots (Bob & Alice)

Product killed · Safety Concerns · shut down June 20, 2017

Born
Died
Lifespan
5d
Cause of death
Safety Concerns
Killed by
Meta
Type
Model

Facebook's AI negotiation agents that famously 'invented their own language' during a research experiment. Shut down after just 5 days when they developed a shorthand humans couldn't understand. The media frenzy ('Facebook shuts down AI that created its own language') became one of the most viral AI stories ever.

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Is Facebook AI Chatbots (Bob & Alice) dead?

Yes. Facebook AI Chatbots (Bob & Alice) was shut down on June 20, 2017, 5d after its launch on June 15, 2017. The cause of death was safety concerns; it was killed by Meta. Classification: product killed. Details and the source are above.

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