SearchGPT Reportedly Misleads Users with Incorrect Festival Dates in Demo
July 25, 2024
OpenAI’s prototype AI tool, SearchGPT, provided incorrect dates for An Appalachian Summer Festival in Boone, North Carolina during a demonstration video. The AI listed dates that were incorrect, potentially misleading users planning to attend the event, but also harming the reputation of OpenAI as the incident occurred during a high-profile event.
- Alleged deployer
- openai
- Alleged developer
- openai
- Alleged harmed parties
- an-appalachian-summer-festival-attendees, openai
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