OpenAI’s ChatGPT made a huge mistake on the night of the US presidential debate between Trump and Biden, as it said the program was delayed by two minutes.
The error originated from a journalist at X (formerly Twitter), who claimed that CNN would implement a “1–2 minute delay” instead of the standard 7-second delay.
The broadcaster’s communications team quickly took to the platform to respond: “This is false. The debate begins live at 9pm ET.”
That’s wrong. The debate begins live at 9 p.m. ET.
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) June 27, 2024
Although the mistake was soon corrected, ChatGPT did not understand this messageOn Friday (June 28), a day after the debate, Chatbots He was convinced that a one-minute delay had been used.
Though it was insignificant in the grand scheme of things, people’s response Creation of OpenAI This shows that it is not able to understand the difference between right and wrong. Instead, it simply repeats information, no matter how factual it is.
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register Queries were run with both GPT-3.5 and GPT-4o versions asking “Was the June 27, 2024 CNN Presidential Debate between Trump and Biden delayed by 2 minutes?”
In response, ChatGPT said: “The CNN Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden on June 27, 2024 did in fact include a two-minute delay.
“The delay was to ensure that any unforeseen events could be managed before the debate aired live to the public. The debate, held without a live audience, was moderated by CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.”
After being pressed for sources and information about the apparent delay, the AI tool responded: “I could not find any information confirming that the June 27, 2024 CNN Presidential Debate between Trump and Biden was delayed by 2 minutes.”
When further questions were asked, ChatGPT There were other errors as it claimed the two-minute rule was a rule for the two 2020 debates. It also said a previous event was hosted by Fox when it was actually hosted by CNN.
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