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ChatGPT Glitch Disrupts User Interactions with Nonsensical Outputs

ChatGPT experienced a bug causing it to produce unexpected and nonsensical responses, leading to widespread reports of user confusion and concern. OpenAI identified and fixed the language processing bug, restoring normal service.

Date it happened
2024-02-20
Organisation involved
OpenAI
Product, system or model
ChatGPT is a natural language processing chatbot driven by generative AI technology that outputs text in response to user prompts/queries.
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