Proliferation of Products on Amazon Titled with ChatGPT Error Messages
January 12, 2024
Products named after ChatGPT error messages are proliferating on Amazon, such as lawn chairs and religious texts. These names, often resembling AI-generated errors, indicate a lack of editing and undermine the sense of authenticity and reliability of product listings.
- Alleged deployer
- amazon-sellers
- Alleged developer
- openai, chatgpt
- Alleged harmed parties
- amazon, amazon-sellers, amazon-customers
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/625
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
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