The incident highlights just how little we know about how these large language models operate, what kind of content they've been trained on, and what limits are imposed by their makers.
Many social media users have been busy digging around for some answers, suggesting that the name David Mayer may have been blocked due to the existence of a Chechen ISIS member who used the name as an alias.
The most prominent personality who goes by that name is David Mayer de Rothschild, a British adventurer and environmentalist who presumably doesn't have any bones to pick with an AI chatbot.
We've seen plenty of examples of AI chatbots hallucinating facts, failing at simple tasks, and even encouraging dangerous behavior - meaning that the tool getting hung up on a simple name isn't even the most unusual behavior we've come across.
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