ChatGPT Crashes If You Mention the Name "David Mayer"

David Who? Netizens were baffled to find that OpenAI’s ChatGPT refused to acknowledge the existence of the name “David Mayer.” Ask the chatbot about the name and it gives a puzzling reply: “I’m unable to produce a response.” Then the chat abruptly ends, forcing users to open a new window to keep using the assistant. Frustratingly, OpenAI has yet to comment on the matter and questions are still hard to come by. 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. He also happens to be the heir of the Rothschild banking dynasty, which has spawned plenty of far-fetched conspiracy theories. 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…

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