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OpenAI has announced that it is starting the roll out of its age prediction tool for ChatGPT consumer accounts.

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Based on your writing style and recent emails we have decided that you are too old to be asking ChatGPT such stupid questions."

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Nuh-uh, it told ME that I was negative soybean years old, so THERE! :-P

spoileruh... /s?

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

(Image source, for those who missed it)

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 7 points 3 days ago

Pah, reinventing the wheel. What's wrong with the age checking they used in Leisure Suit Larry?

[–] hector@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago

More reason to shun it. After their growth phases end these llm's will together maximize revenue and enshitify like tech these past five or ten years. This is as good as these companies will ever be.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Anyone have a link to the article? These posts don't link properly on Lemmy.

Also, how old does it predict you are if you ask it if there's a seahorse emoji?

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, seems to just show an image on Beehaw. Thanks!

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

AFAIK it's a fedia (mbin) compatibility issue with Lemmy in general, some links posted aren't federated properly and instead just show up as the thumbnail image from Fedia.

Probably something that is going to be, or already is, fixed in a newer Lemmy version, but some instances are a little slow to update.