{"id":316783,"date":"2024-04-09T09:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=316783"},"modified":"2024-04-10T11:21:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:21:12","slug":"washington-lotterys-a-i-app-axed-for-showing-customer-topless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/washington-lotterys-a-i-app-axed-for-showing-customer-topless\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington State Lottery’s AI Experiment Ends Abruptly After Producing Topless Image of User"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington State Lottery<\/a>\u2019s experimentation with generative AI has come to an abrupt end after its new promotional app generated an unsolicited topless photo of a customer.<\/p>\n

\"Washington
A heavily censored version of the image the \u201cTest Drive a Win\u201d app created for Megan, as published by KTTH<\/em>. (Image: KTTH<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The lottery has now pulled its \u201cTest Drive a Win\u201d app after just one month because of the offending image.<\/p>\n

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As part of the promo, the lottery invited customers to take or upload selfies of themselves, which the app would then use to generate images of the user in exotic locations as if they had won the jackpot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Pornographic deepfakes weren’t part of the deal, however, and a 50-year-old mother from Turnball, Wash., was shocked to see her head superimposed on a mostly naked body.<\/p>\n

AI Gone Mad<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The woman, who gave her name only as Megan, called local radio station KTTH<\/em> to complain about the app and to demand the firing of \u201cwhoever was responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur tax dollars are paying for that!\u201d she told the station, missing the point about lotteries.<\/p>\n

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Megan said she had asked the app to depict her fantasy vacation, which involved her swimming with sharks. Instead, she was presented with an image of her head imposed on a woman with her breasts exposed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The woman, who was wearing nothing but floral bikini bottoms, was sitting on a bed that appeared to be inside a fish tank as goldfish float by. The image is stamped with the Washington Lottery logo.<\/p>\n

While this may be some people\u2019s idea of a fantasy vacation, it wasn\u2019t Megan’s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI was completely shocked. It\u2019s disturbing, to say the least,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

\u2018Strict Parameters\u2019 <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Washington Lottery said in a statement that it acted swiftly to pull the app after Megan\u2019s call to KTTH<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrior to launch, we worked closely with the developers of the AI platform to establish strict parameters to govern image creation,\u201d the lottery said. \u201cWe were made aware that a single user of the AI platform was purportedly provided an image that did not adhere to those guidelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis campaign was launched more than a month ago and has had thousands of images created that all fall within the prescribed guidelines. Regardless, one purported user is too many, and as a result we have shut down the site,\u201d the lottery added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s not the first time that a company eager to jump on the generative AI bandwagon has been humiliated by its own technology\u2019s off-color content, and not even the tech giants are safe.<\/p>\n

Last year, it emerged that Meta\u2019s AI sticker generator for its Facebook Messenger app was creating alarming content around children\u2019s cartoon characters. This included Mickey Mouse brandishing an AK-47, and Elmo from Sesame Street with a bloodied machete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Washington State Lottery\u2019s experimentation with generative AI has come to an abrupt end after its new promotional app generated an unsolicited topless photo of a customer. The lottery has now pulled its \u201cTest Drive a Win\u201d app after just one month because of the offending image. As part of the promo, the lottery invited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":316787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13699,86434,84511],"tags":[90467,90465,90466,90464],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWashington Lottery\u2019s A.I. 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