OpenAI removes incredibly grim, previously recommended chatbot suggesting invasive surgeries to men it deems 'subhuman'

Once upon a time, when chatbots were still quaint little online novelties full of charmingly canned responses, my younger self aired out some of her teenaged anxieties to an eagerly listening screen. My typed words briefly painted a night sky before disappearing among its stars. The name of this encouraging chatbot—and hopefully my words along with it—have been lost to time, but the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Today, there's definitely still an audience that would rather...