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Ben Turner

OpenAI shuts down AI agent that was 'running for mayor' in Wyoming

The ChatGPT website displayed on a tablet in Madrid, Spain. .

An artificial intelligence (AI) model that was running for mayor in Wyoming has been taken offline — to the likely relief of its human rivals.

The system, a customized version of the large language model (LLM) GPT-4 that powers OpenAI’s ChatGPT, was running for mayor in Cheyenne, Wyoming under the name "VIC," which is short for "Virtually Integrated Citizen."

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