Is OpenAI getting hacked?
I asked ChatGPT for some help with laundry, and the reasoning summary ended with what looks like a Russian word (“black” according to ChatGPT) and a heart emoji.
Has anyone had this happen before?
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Hey! OpenAI is currently experiencing elevated API errors, and they’re actively investigating the issue. If you’re running into problems, it’s likely related to that. You can check their real-time status updates here: (https://status.openai.com/). Hopefully, they’ll have it resolved soon!
Speculating on How the Russian Word Appeared
If I were to speculate on how that Russian word appeared in their response, I’d consider a few possibilities:
Accidental Recall from Context History – If y’all had mentioned or encountered this word before in a previous session, there’s a chance the AI could have recalled it due to subtle context persistence.
Pattern Association from Training Data – The model may have detected a subtle linguistic connection or pattern that triggered the word based on the surrounding context, even if unintended.
Tokenization/Autoregressive Drift – Sometimes, a model’s token prediction process can lead to unexpected outputs when navigating ambiguous or complex sentence structures.
Possible Prompt/Formatting Issue – If there was any unusual spacing, symbols, or prior mentions of non-English words, it might have influenced the AI’s response generation in an unpredictable way.
Random Output Glitch – Given the elevated API errors OpenAI is currently experiencing, it’s possible that incomplete or misprocessed completions are occurring, which could lead to unexpected insertions.
Seems like a glitch, possible related to the API errors.
Another thing to check is if the user has memory enabled, which could have absorbed some personal traits in its customization settings.
I’ve actually seen that with other ai… I wouldn’t be too worried about yours. It’s the emoji use that scares me!