The rise and fall of Microsoft’s new Bing

What a week it’s been! Here’s Kevin Roose, at the New York Times, just a week ago:

And here’s the internet, over the last couple days, decidedly less awestruck:

Turns out there is already even a petition at Change.org to take Tay, er, I mean Bing down

Tay lasted 16 hours, before Microsoft took it; Galactica lasted three days.

Time will tell whether the new Bing lasts longer than a Truss of lettuce.

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