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The Words That Stop ChatGPT in Its Tracks | Why won’t the bot say my name? [by Jonathan L. Zittrain] (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I just asked ChatGPT to say his name and it did

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Quick allowlisting to gaslight the journalist.

Jokes aside, this is more about this topic:

Names may be omitted from ChatGPT either because of privacy requests or to avoid persistent hallucinations by the AI.

And these conversations are important to have during the evolution of AI systems.