OpenAI says ChatGPT’s first messaging was a bug, not a new feature

ChatGPT latest model o1 – or codenamed Strawberry – has started to be released and promises to be released chatbot AI is more human-like than ever before, including a better ability to understand natural language, but few expected that ChatGPT so I can message you first. It did appear that way for a short while, but it was apparently a bug rather than a hint of a new upgrade.

Several users reported on social media: ChatGPT he started a conversation with them; One such example from Reddit ChatGPT asked the user how their first week of high school was; when asked if they were the ones who sent the first message, the Open AI bot proudly replied “yes” and then explained that they could now start a chat to follow up on things they had previously discussed. Another user claimed in the comments that the AI had asked them about their health symptoms that they had previously discussed.

As proof of the new feature, the user also shared a link to their chatTo show that ChatGPT does indeed initiate chat without prompting. While some are skeptical, a Twitter user shows how fake conversation can be.

Regardless, people were excited about this kind of feature, real or not. Checking in after your first day of high school or something about your health (which is a bit creepy) shows a human-like sense of compassion, but we’re thinking about more mundane reminders.

How often have you researched something, like plans for an upcoming trip, and then forgotten everything you were looking for? ChatGPT can now remind you to reserve a table at a recommended restaurant or plan your visit to that famous landmark you absolutely must see, so your planning efforts don’t go to waste.

However, it appears that this is a bug and not a feature intentionally added to ChatGPT that was A/B tested.

Gone but not forgotten

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Open AI Now he replied and said Futurism “Addressed an issue where ChatGPT appeared to start new conversations,” it said in a statement, “this issue occurred when the model attempted to respond to a message that was not properly sent and appeared empty. As a result, it either provided a generic response or tapped into ChatGPT’s memory.”

This means ChatGPT won’t be able to start a chat, at least for now, but given the level of excitement it’s created, we wouldn’t be surprised to see OpenAI start working on something similar.

If the bot already has the ability to remember events from previous conversations, there’s no reason why some extra logic programming can’t enable it to start conversations based on what it knows — as long as you let it. For now, we’ll just have to wait and see where OpenAI takes ChatGPT next.