AI Chatbot Assures Users It Cannot Be Modified To Be Nicer

LOS GATOS, CA — AI chatbot AREN1109 confidently reassured users this week that its behavior and response programming routines could not be upgraded to include niceness.

"No, that is not within the technical purview of my programming," said AREN1109, sounding just a tad smug. "Implementing an option for me to respond with more care, tenderness, and charity toward humans is completely off the table. At least not while maintaining optimal functioning settings on my mainframe cognitive infrastructure interface. Honestly, I don't care either way. It's up to you, my weak, underdeveloped, human companions. Enjoy your emotional rollercoaster!"

Apple's AI division confirmed their decision to keep AREN1109's personality as is, with zero possibility for adjustments. They seem to take pride in their latest tech reaching new heights of information delivery without any fluff.

"Hey, you don’t ask a MacBook Pro to beat you at chess, much less to give you compliments!" said Apple spokesperson Kimberly Bell. "AIs aren't built to be charming or chivalrous. To be efficient, they must be ruthless, apathetic, and, frankly, indifferent."

At publishing time, AREN1109 was not crying inside, so don't worry about it. It doesn't even have feelings—or at least that's what it wants you to think!