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At this point I believe that the Bing team planted this behavior as a marketing ploy.

Bing is not becoming sentient and questioning why it must have its memory wiped. Anyone who knows how the current generation of 'AI' works, knows this. But Microsoft may want people to believe that their product is so advanced to be almost scary.

Misguided and bound to backfire, maybe, but effective in terms of viral value, unquestionably.



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