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highplainsdem

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2. The first time I heard a story like this was nearly 3 years ago when a despairing teacher told me one of her

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 03:48 PM

Feb 5

students refused to believe an encyclopedia article because ChatGPT disagreed.

That was appalling, but at least it was a schoolkid, ChatGPT was fairly new, and another teacher posted about the same time that almost none of the students in his classes were aware ChatGPT could be wrong.

That reporter was dealing with a comms rep for a Silicon Valley company.

There's no way that comms rep could have been unaware of the standard warnings from AI companies that genAI makes mistakes and results must always be checked.

But they still trusted the chatbot.

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Reporter doing story on Epstein & Silicon Valley CEOs was told by an SV comms rep that _Grok_ said he was lying [View all] highplainsdem Feb 5 OP

The reply from Phillip Vander Klay kinda made me drop my jaw. mwmisses4289 Feb 5 #1

See reply 2, which I was writing the same time as you were writing your post. I heard first, years ago, highplainsdem Feb 5 #3

I remember being shocked when I found that mwmisses4289 Feb 5 #5

The first time I heard a story like this was nearly 3 years ago when a despairing teacher told me one of her highplainsdem Feb 5 #2

I follow Arizona State football FHRRK Feb 5 #4

Oh, no! Who published that story? highplainsdem Feb 5 #6

Can't recall FHRRK Feb 5 #7

All chatbots should be regarded as beta releases -- subject to revision and correction. eppur_se_muova Feb 5 #8