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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie and Josh Nicholas

Queensland’s state library launched an AI war veteran chatbot. Pranksters immediately tried to break it

A screenshot of the chatbot
Queensland’s state library created a returned serviceman AI chatbot named ‘Charlie’. Composite: State Library of Queensland/TalkVia AI

Charlie, the AI war veteran chatbot, was programmed to educate people about the first world war, mateship and life in the trenches in time for Anzac Day.

But less than 24 hours after the bot was launched, internet users were already attempting to “jailbreak” it.

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