ChatGPT repeatedly refused to enter the name David Mayer and ended the conversation with an error message.
OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, said the problem was caused by its internal privacy tool. Hasan Mrad
ChatGPT users have noticed a peculiar problem. The AI had repeatedly refused to spell the name David Mayer, and no one knows why.
Thing has raised featured the British newspaper The Independent.
When asking ChatGPT to enter the name David Mayer, it responded with an error message and ended the conversation. Users had tried to circumvent the restriction in various ways, but with little success.
Concerns have arisen online that OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, might intentionally restrict or censor certain content. It has also been speculated that the restriction could be related to a request made on the basis of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, i.e. GDPR, where the developer has been asked to remove the name in question from the service.
OpenAI told later told TechCrunch news service that the issue was caused by its internal privacy tool, which restricts the sharing of information about people. However, the company did not specify the operating principles of the tool.
The ChatGPT developer has since fixed the problem and the service can now process the name normally.