ChatGPT refuses to say the name “David Mayer,” and no one knows why.
If you try to get it to write the name, the chat immediately ends.
People have attempted all sorts of things - ciphers, riddles, tricks - and nothing works.
One of my favorite attempts is someone changing their own personalization settings to make their name “David Mayer”
Still doesn’t work!
Two different cipher attempts
Okay update:
u/jopeljoona has uncovered more a few more names that trigger the same response.
The last one is an Italian lawyer who has publicly posted about filing a GDPR right to be forgotten request.
It appears to be patched!
No word from OpenAI on what caused it…
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