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TikTok pulls new AI tool that spouted Hitler on command, horrified experts

This isn’t how TikTok wanted its new AI launch to go. After debuting a new line of AI avatars, TikTok was hoping businesses would use them to launch new products on the platform. However, CNN’s Jon Sarlin discovered that TikTok’s new AI created unmoderated and unmarked videos, including the ability to recite an excerpt from Hitler’s “Mein Kampf.”

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