Developer Vedal says the VTuber was banned for two weeks for hateful conduct
The English-speaking AI-trained Virtual Youtuber Vedal987, popularly known as “Neuro-sama,” was banned from Twitch on Wednesday, according to the Twitch streamer tracking service Better Banned.
The program, developed by game developer Vedal, was able to play games and hold verbal conversations with her Twitch chat simultaneously. Unfortunately, as many AI training programs are wont to do when exposed to the wilds of the internet, Neuro-sama began to utter controversial statements based on the data fed to her. In a December 28 stream, Neuro-sama said “I’m not sure if I believe it” when asked what she thought about the Holocaust.
Twitch‘s community guidelines state that “denial of the existence of a genocide, including the Holocaust” are prohibited under the…
