Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why

Re:Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why by virgilp on Thursday December 12, 2024 @03:37AM (#42397386)

That's just in the public model/on chatgpt.com? Run it in Azure, and you get:

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Re:Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why by InsideOutSanta on Thursday December 12, 2024 @04:00AM (#42397496)

I don't think this is part of the model. It's a control layer above the actual LLM that interrupts the response when the LLM mentions any of the banned names. So if you prompt the LLM directly, without that control layer, you still get full responses.

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Re:Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why by virgilp on Thursday December 12, 2024 @10:41AM (#42400068)

Yes you're right, it's kinda' obvious if you say you forgot the name of a person and ask ChatGPT to help: https://imgur.com/a/hCl94B0

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Re:Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why by jaflo on Thursday December 12, 2024 @04:38AM (#42397706)

The article mentions that "The names do not affect outputs using OpenAI's API systems or in the OpenAI Playground (a special site for developer testing)."

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