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Viral ChatGPT Live Clip Shows Bot Refusing to Count to One Million

The ChatGPT Live exchange underscores enforced safety policies that include declining impractical requests.

ChatGPT Refuses User’s Odd Request, Video Goes Viral | Image: X
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Overview

  • In the short video, the chatbot tells the user the counting task would take days and would not be useful.
  • The user insists by citing unemployment and a paid subscription, but the system reiterates that the request is not practical.
  • The exchange escalates when the user claims to have killed someone, prompting ChatGPT to refuse engagement under its guidelines.
  • Coverage notes that generative AI systems are trained to avoid content involving violence, illegal activity, or potential harm.
  • Social media reactions range from technical speculation about continuous tasks and recording size to criticism of the tool's usefulness and reports of canceled subscriptions.