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After some users of Bing\u2019s DALL-E 3 integration found a loophole in the tool\u2019s guardrails and generated art featuring several beloved animated characters and the Twin Towers, Microsoft seems to have blocked the ability to prompt anything related to the Twin Towers. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
As reported by 404 Media<\/em><\/a>, users of Microsoft\u2019s Bing Chat and its Bing image generator \u2014 recently integrated with OpenAI\u2019s DALL-E 3<\/a> \u2014 used the tools to create photos of SpongeBob SquarePants, Kirby, pilots from Neon Genesis Evangelion<\/em>, and many others flying a plane into the Twin Towers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n People have been able to create truly unhinged photos using AI image generators, some featuring copyrighted characters. But as AI image generators have gotten into hot water over copyright claims<\/a> and deepfakes, developers have been more careful about allowing people to use their tools to create questionable photos. DALL-E 3 developer OpenAI had promised it would not generate pictures from prompts featuring prominent names<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Caitlin Roulston, director of communications at Microsoft, said in an emailed statement to The Verge<\/em> that the company plans to improve its systems \u201cto help prevent the creation of harmful content.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAs with any new technology, some are trying to use it in ways that were not intended,\u00a0 which is why we are implementing a range of guardrails and filters to make Bing Image\u00a0 Creator a positive and helpful experience for users,\u201d Roulston said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Some Verge<\/em> writers were initially able to generate pictures similar to those 404 <\/em>described, including famous Italian plumber Mario flying a plane with a view of the Twin Towers outside the cockpit. But when I tried to recreate it with Bing Image Creator after I reached out to Microsoft, I found the term \u201ctwin towers\u2019\u2019 had been blocked and was hit with a content warning saying the prompt possibly violates content policies.\u00a0A colleague got the same response for prompts simply asking for \u201cthe Twin Towers\u201d as well as \u201cthe World Trade Center.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Microsoft did not expand on what these guardrails or filters could look like and did not comment on whether it recently blocked content related to the Twin Towers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n