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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

ChatGPT’s refusal to acknowledge ‘David Mayer’ down to glitch, says OpenAI

ChatGPT logo on a smartphone screeen
Legions of chatbot wranglers spent days trying – and failing – to make ChatGPT write the words ‘David Mayer’. Photograph: Jaque Silva/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

Last weekend the name was all over the internet – just not on ChatGPT.

David Mayer became famous for a moment on social media because the popular chatbot appeared to want nothing to do with him.

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