Why does the name ‘David Mayer’ crash ChatGPT? Digital privacy requests may be at fault

Users of the conversational AI platform ChatGPT discovered an interesting phenomenon over the weekend: the popular chatbot refuses to answer questions if asked about a %u201CDavid Mayer.%u201D Asking it to do so causes it to freeze up instantly. Conspiracy theories ensued %u2014 but a more ordinary reason may be at the heart of this strange behavior.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/02/why-does-the-name-david-mayer-crash-chatgpt-digital-privacy-requests-may-be-at-fault/?guccounter=1