These chatbots, masters of fabrication and falsification, often incorporate fallacies and falsifications as they learn their conversational skills from data posted by people on the internet. It may also include the use of hate speech, discrimination and indecent language. Falling into the wrong hands, they can also become a means of spreading misleading information and rumours.
Margaret Mitchell, a former AI researcher at Microsoft and Google, says, “Since there are no guidelines regarding these chatbots, they are becoming a means of spreading biased and toxic information already present on the Internet.” But companies like Character.AI believe that the public will understand the flaws of these chatbots and will not blindly trust what they say.