Overview

• A short video circulating on social media shows a user asking ChatGPT Live to count to one million, which the chatbot declined as impractical and not useful.
• The model said such counting would take days, after which it suggested alternative ways to help instead of proceeding with the request.
• The user claimed he had time because he was unemployed and had paid for a subscription, yet the chatbot maintained its refusal on practical grounds.
• When the user referred to a killing or asked about hiding a body, the chatbot declined to engage and cited its guidelines that restrict violent or illegal topics.
• Coverage notes active online discussion about AI safety, long-task misuse and recording of conversations, with one outlet saying it could not verify the clip’s authenticity and no OpenAI comment reported in these articles.