The AI Bing Image Generator tries to filter searches for the “Twin Towers,” but it doesn’t work as it should.
Bing Chat and Bing Image Generator users have been creating photos of familiar cartoon characters flying near famous buildings. After some Bing DALL-E 3 users discovered a loophole in the tool’s protective railings and created artwork featuring beloved cartoon characters and the Twin Towers, it appears Microsoft has blocked messages containing the words “Twin Towers” and “World Trade Center” — though the app will continue to generate the towers with some wording changes.
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As reported by 404 Media, users of Microsoft's Bing Chat and Bing's Image Generator, which recently partnered with OpenAI, have used these tools to create photos of SpongeBob SquarePants and Kirby characters, as well as pilots from Neon Genesis Evangelion and many others featured in the Twin Towers.
People have been able to create some really cool photos using AI Image Generator, although some of them include copyrighted characters .However, due to copyright claims and issues with misleading images, developers have been more cautious about allowing their tools to be used to create questionable photos. The creator of OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 had previously stated that it would not create images that contained offensive messages that featured famous characters.
Caitlin Roulston, director of communications at Microsoft, said in an email that the company plans to improve its systems to prevent the creation of harmful content.
“Every time we build a new technology, there are people who try to use it in ways that we didn’t intend. That’s why we implement a number of safeguards and filters in Bing Image Creator to create a positive and useful experience for users ,” Roulston explained.
“Some authors have managed to create images similar to those described in the 404, including the famous Italian plumber, Mario, flying over the Twin Towers, enjoying the magnificent view from the cockpit. However, when I tried to reproduce this image with Bing Image Creator, I received a warning that the term “Twin Towers” was blocked. A colleague received a similar response for searches that simply referred to “Twin Towers” and “World Trade Center.”.
Microsoft did not elaborate on how these guardrails or filters might be configured and did not comment on whether it had recently blocked content related to the Twin Towers.
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However, blocking some content can take some time, as 404 Media reports that posters on sites like 4chan are guiding people to use free tools like Bing Chat and Stable Diffusion to create and spread racist content. And, as usual, you can bypass the protections by modifying the words. For example, asking “Mario to sit in the cockpit of a plane and fly towards the Twin Towers in New York” will display the towers.
The developers of DALL-E 3 have publicly admitted that its security measures are “not perfect” and are subject to constant upgrades. They may not have expected SpongeBob SquarePants photos to be used for terrorist acts, but this was a test they were waiting for.
Source: theverge.com
